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Defending Einstein : = Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Defending Einstein :/ edited by Steven Gimbel, Anke Walz.
Reminder of title:	Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion /
Author:	Reichenbach, Hans,
other author:	Gimbel, Steven,
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Relativity (Physics) -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584572
ISBN:	9780511584572 (ebook)

Defending Einstein : = Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion /
Reichenbach, Hans,1891-1953,

Defending Einstein :Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion /edited by Steven Gimbel, Anke Walz. - 1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Review of Moritz Schlick's General theory of knowledge -- Einstein's theory of space -- Reply to H. Dingler's critique of the theory of relativity -- A report on an axiomatization of Einstein's theory of space-time -- Reply to Th. Wulf's objections to the general theory of relativity -- Einstein's theory of motion -- The theory of relativity and absolute transport time -- Reply to Anderson's objections to the general theory of relativity -- Review of Aloys Müller's The philosophical problems with Einstein's theory of relativity -- The philosophical significance of the theory of relativity -- Planet clocks and Einsteinian simultaneity -- On the physical consequences of the axiomatization of relativity -- Has the theory of relativity been refuted? -- Response to a publication of Mr. Hj. Mellin.

Hans Reichenbach, a philosopher of science who was one of five students in Einstein's first seminar on the general theory of relativity, became Einstein's bulldog, defending the theory against criticism from philosophers, physicists, and popular commentators. This 2006 book chronicles the development of Reichenbach's reconstruction of Einstein's theory in a way that clearly sets out all of its philosophical commitments and its physical predictions as well as the battles that Reichenbach fought on its behalf, in both the academic and popular press. The essays include reviews and responses to philosophical colleagues; polemical discussions with physicists Max Born and D. C. Miller; as well as popular articles meant for the layperson. At a time when physics and philosophy were both undergoing revolutionary changes in content and method, this book is a window into the development of scientific philosophy and the role of the philosopher.

ISBN: 9780511584572 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

527677
Relativity (Physics)

LC Class. No.: QC173.55 / .R439 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 530.11

Defending Einstein : = Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion /
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