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The Cambridge companion to Einstein
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to Einstein / edited by Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota, Christoph Lehner, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
- Publication
- New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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- Description
- xvi, 562 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge companions to philosophy
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge companions to philosophy.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-549) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4722
- ISBN
- 9780521828345 (hardback : alk. paper : v. 1)
- 0521828341 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780521535427 (paperback)
- 0521535425 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2013049485
- 40023903480
- OCLC
- 861211822
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to Einstein / edited by Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota, Christoph Lehner, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
- Publisher
- New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge companions to philosophyCambridge companions to philosophy.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-549) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Added Author
- Janssen, Michel, 1960- editor.Lehner, Christoph, 1962- editor.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40023903480
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4722