The Cambridge companion to Einstein

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Zusammenfassung: "The first systematic presentation of the work of Albert Einstein, comprised of fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science that introduce readers to his work."--Page 4 of cover

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780521828345 ; 0521828341 ; 9780521535427 ; 0521535425
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: xvi, 562 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Illustrationen

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Einstein, Albert ; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 ; Physicists ; Physics ; Biography ; History ; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 ; Philosophie ; Physik ; Theoretische Physik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Cambridge, New York
• (who): Cambridge University Press
• (when): 2014
• Contributor: Janssen, Michel ; Lehner, Christoph

Further information

• Table of contents: Introduction / Michel Janssen and Christoph Lehner -- Einstein's Copernican Revolution / Jürgen Renn and Robert Rynasiewicz -- Einstein's special theory of relativity and the problems in the electrodynamics of moving bodies that led him to it / John D. Norton -- Einstein on statistical physics: fluctuations and atomism / A.J. Kox -- The quantum enigma / Olivier Darrigol -- The experimental challenge of light quanta / Roger H. Stuewer -- "No success like failure ... ": Einstein's quest for general relativity, 1907-1920 / Michel Janssen -- Einstein's role in the creation of Relativistic Cosmology / Christopher Smeenk -- Einstein, gravitational waves, and the theoretician's regress / Daniel J. Kennefick -- Einstein's unified field theory program / Tilman Sauer -- Einstein's realism and his critique of quantum mechanics / Christoph Lehner -- Einstein and the development of twentieth-century philosophy of science / Don Howard -- "A believing rationalist": Einstein and "the truly valuable" in Kant / Thomas Ryckman -- Space, time, and geometry / Michael Friedman -- Einstein's politics / Robert Schulmann -- Appendix: Special relativity / Michel Janssen
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