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The Reign Of Relativity
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Author : Thomas Ryckman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Reign Of Relativity written by Thomas Ryckman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Relativity (Physics) categories.
Einstein's theory of 'general relativity' (1915) was a defining event for 20th century philosophy of science. During the decisive first ten years of the theory's existence, two main ideas dominated its philosophical reception. Ryckman's book is an extended argument concerning these ideas.
The Reign Of Relativity
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Author : Viscount Haldane
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-12
The Reign Of Relativity written by Viscount Haldane and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-12 with Philosophy categories.
Excerpt from The Reign of Relativity The topics of this book are Knowledge itself and the relativity of reality to the character of Knowledge. Some of the questions considered in the book are more than two thousand years old. That fact need not disturb us. For there appears to have been steady progress in the forms of the answers which have gradually been evolved. If the substance of these turns out to be more akin to doctrines originally produced by the Greeks than we had expected to find, that again need not disturb us. It would not trouble us in the case of literature or art, and we have to learn to study philosophy, and even to a considerable extent science, as we study these, with the circumstances and language of the particular period steadily kept in our view. To say this does not mean that we are to treat lightly either truth itself or the imperative necessity for exactness in its statement. But it does mean that we must have in mind that truth in its full significance imports quality as much as it imports quantity, and therefore variety in standard. We have read the history of human endeavour in its many aspects to little purpose if we have not learned this. The subject discussed involves reference to metaphysical inquiry. I regret that this has to be so, for metaphysical discussions are not popular in the world as it is at present. But that world is casting about in search of a basis on which gradually to build up renewed faith. If it continues in earnest in its searchings I believe that it will find in the end that it is not possible to shirk encountering philosophy in some shape. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Reign Of Relativity
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Author : Viscount Haldane
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Reign Of Relativity written by Viscount Haldane and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Haldane
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Author : John Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-16
Haldane written by John Campbell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Can you name the creator of the Territorial Army and the British Expeditionary Force? The man who laid the foundation stones of MI5, MI6, the RAF, the LSE, Imperial College, the 'redbrick' universities and the Medical Research Council? This book reveals that great figure: Richard Burdon Haldane. As a philosopher-statesman, his groundbreaking proposals on defence, education and government structure were astonishingly ahead of his time-the very building blocks of modern Britain. His networks ranged from Wilde to Einstein, Churchill to Carnegie, King to Kaiser; he pioneered cross-party, cross-sector cooperation. Yet in 1915 Haldane was ejected from the Liberal government, unjustly vilified as a German sympathiser. John Campbell charts these ups and downs, reveals Haldane's intensely personal side through previously unpublished private correspondence, and shows his enormous relevance in our search for just societies today. Amidst political and national instability, it is time to reinstate Haldane as Britain's outstanding example of true statesmanship.
Viscount Haldane
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Author : Frederick Vaughan
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2010-10-02
Viscount Haldane written by Frederick Vaughan and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-02 with History categories.
Viscount Richard Burdon Haldane was a philosopher, lawyer, British MP, and member of the British Cabinet during the First World War. He is best known to Canadians as a judge of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Canada's highest court of appeal until 1949), in which role he was extremely influential in altering the constitutional relations between the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures. Chafing under the British North America Act of 1867, which provided for a strong central government, the provincial governments appealed to the Judicial Committee and were successful in gaining greater provincial legislative autonomy through the constitutional interpretations of the law lords. In Viscount Haldane, Frederick Vaughan concentrates on Haldane's role in these rulings, arguing that his jurisprudence was shaped by his formal study of German philosophy, especially that of G.W.F. Hegel. Vaughan's analysis of Haldane's legal philosophy and its impact on the Canadian constitution concludes that his Hegelian legacy is very much alive in today's Supreme Court of Canada and that it continues to shape the constitution and the lives of Canadians since the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Einstein And The Changing Worldviews Of Physics
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Author : Christoph Lehner
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-02-02
Einstein And The Changing Worldviews Of Physics written by Christoph Lehner and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-02 with Mathematics categories.
This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century. The focus is on the conditions and consequences of Einstein’s pathbreaking achievements that sealed the decline of the classical notions of space, time, radiation, and matter, and resulted in the theory of relativity. Particular attention is paid to the implications of conceptual conflicts for scientific views of the world at large, thus providing the basis for a comparison of the demise of the mechanical worldview at the turn of the 20th century with the challenges presented by cosmology at the turn of the 21st century. Throughout the work, Einstein’s contributions are not seen in isolation but instead set into the wider intellectual context of dealing with the problem of gravitation in the twilight of classical physics; the investigation of the historical development is carried out with a number of epistemological questions in mind, concerning, in particular, the transformation process of knowledge associated with the changing worldviews of physics.
Relativity Principles And Theories From Galileo To Einstein
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Author : Olivier Darrigol
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-22
Relativity Principles And Theories From Galileo To Einstein written by Olivier Darrigol and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-22 with Science categories.
Motion is always relative to some thing. Is this thing a concrete body like the earth, is it an abstract space, or is it an imagined frame? Do the laws of physics depend on the choice of reference? It there a choice for which the laws are simplest? Is this choice unique? Is there a physical cause for the choice made? These questions traverse the history of modern physics from Galileo to Einstein. The answers involved Galilean relativity, Newton's absolute space, the purely relational concepts of Descartes, Leibniz, and Mach, and many forgotten uses of relativity principles in mechanics, optics, and electrodynamics - until the relativity theories of Poincaré, Einstein, Minkowksi, and Laue radically redefined space and time to satisfy universal kinds of relativity. Accordingly, this book retraces the emergence of relativity principles in early modern mechanics, documents their constructive use in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century mechanics, optics, and electrodynamics, and gives a well-rooted account of the genesis of special and general relativity in the early twentieth century. As an exercise in long-term history, it demonstrates the connectivity of issues and approaches across several centuries, despite enormous changes in context and culture. As an account of the genesis of relativity theories, it brings unprecedented clarity and fullness by broadening the spectrum of resources on which the principal actors drew.
Philosophers And Einstein S Relativity
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Author : Chiara Russo Krauss
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-09-30
Philosophers And Einstein S Relativity written by Chiara Russo Krauss and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-30 with Philosophy categories.
This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity. The essays explore the reception and interpretation of Einstein’s ideas by some of the most important philosophical schools of the time, such as logical positivism (Reichenbach), neo-Kantianism (Cassirer, Natorp), critical realism (Sellars), and radical empiricism (Mach). The book is aimed at physicists and historians of science researching the epistemological implications of the theory of relativity, as well as to scholars in philosophy interested in understanding how leading philosophical figures of the early twentieth century reacted to the relativistic revolution.
The Reign Of Relativity
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Author : Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Reign Of Relativity written by Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Knowledge, Theory of categories.
Science Talk
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Author : Daniel Patrick Thurs
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-24
Science Talk written by Daniel Patrick Thurs and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-24 with Science categories.
Science news is met by the public with a mixture of fascination and disengagement. On the one hand, Americans are inflamed by topics ranging from the question of whether or not Pluto is a planet to the ethics of stem-cell research. But the complexity of scientific research can also be confusing and overwhelming, causing many to divert their attentions elsewhere and leave science to the “experts.” Whether they follow science news closely or not, Americans take for granted that discoveries in the sciences are occurring constantly. Few, however, stop to consider how these advances—and the debates they sometimes lead to—contribute to the changing definition of the term “science” itself. Going beyond the issue-centered debates, Daniel Patrick Thurs examines what these controversies say about how we understand science now and in the future. Drawing on his analysis of magazines, newspapers, journals and other forms of public discourse, Thurs describes how science—originally used as a synonym for general knowledge—became a term to distinguish particular subjects as elite forms of study accessible only to the highly educated.