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ISBN
9780198500889
Publisert
1999
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
573 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
302
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Biografisk notat
Dr Jeremy J. Gray, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA. j.j.gray@open.ac.uk'It's expensive, The Symbolic Universe,and it is aimed at and will probably only be understood by theoretical physicists and mathematicians. But there's a gem - embedded in this collection of surveys by international authors on the relations between physics and mathematics since the development of Einstein's theory of relativity:the introducton, by editor Jeremy Gray, which offers a masterly and approachable review of the period.'
New Scientist
'This volume provides a wide-ranging and detailed survey of this exciting era...
With the development of the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein, physics underwent a revolution at the end of the 19th century. The boundaries of research were extended still further when in 1907-8 Minkowski applied geometrical ideas to this area of physics. This in turn opened the door to other researchers seeking to use non-Euclidean geometrical methods in relativity, and many notable mathematicians did so, Weyl in particular linking these ideas with broader philosophical issues in mathematics. The Symbolic Universe gives an overview of this exciting era, giving a full account for the first time of Minkowski's geometric reformulation of the theory of special relativity.
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The Symbolic Universe considers the ways in which many leading mathematicians between 1890 and 1930 attempted to apply geometry to physics. It concentrates on responses to Einstein's theories of special and general relativity, but also considers the philosophical implications of these ideas.
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PART I ; PART II ; PART III
'It's expensive, The Symbolic Universe,and it is aimed at and will probably only be understood by theoretical physicists and mathematicians. But there's a gem - embedded in this collection of surveys by international authors on the relations between physics and mathematics since the development of Einstein's theory of relativity:the introducton, by editor Jeremy Gray, which offers a masterly and approachable review of the
period.'
New Scientist
'This volume provides a wide-ranging and detailed survey of this exciting era...
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Details an important and exciting era in the history of science.
First full picture of Minkowski's work on special relativity.
New account of Hilbert's work in the axiomatization of physics.
First detailed account of Emmy Noether's work in physics.
Details Weyl's linking of general relativity and its philosophical implications.
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Dr Jeremy J. Gray, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA. j.j.gray@open.ac.uk
Details an important and exciting era in the history of science.
First full picture of Minkowski's work on special relativity.
New account of Hilbert's work in the axiomatization of physics.
First detailed account of Emmy Noether's work in physics.
Details Weyl's linking of general relativity and its philosophical implications.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780198500889
Publisert
1999
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
573 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
302
Redaktør