Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics

by Jürgen Renn, Christoph Lehner, Matthias Schemmel

Introduction.- Part I: At the Limits of the Classical Worldview.- Theories of Gravitation in the Twilight of Classical Physics / J. Renn and M. Schemmel.- The Newtonian Theory of Light Propagation / J. Eisenstaedt.- Mach and Einstein, or, Clearing Troubled Waters in the History of Science / G. Wolters.- Part II: Contexts of the Relativity Revolution.- Tilling the Seedbed of Einstein's Politics: A Pre-1905 Harbinger? / R. Schulmann.- The Early Reception...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817649395
• ISBN13: 9780817649395
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"