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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163543303321

Autore

M. Mamone Capria (ed.)

Titolo

Physics before and after Einstein [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marco Mamone Capria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-50474-9

9786610504749

1-4294-0238-5

1-60750-106-6

600-00-0520-2

1-60129-087-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Mamone CapriaMarco

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Preface; Contents; Albert Einstein: A Portrait; Mechanics and Electromagnetism in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Dynamics of Maxwell's Ether; Mechanistic Science, Thermodynamics, and Industry at the End of the Nineteenth Century; The Origins and Concepts of Special Relativity; General Relativity: Gravitation as Geometry and the Machian Programme; The Rebirth of Cosmology: From the Static to the Expanding Universe; Testing Relativity; Einstein and Quantum Theory; The Quantum Debate: From Einstein to Bell and Beyond

Special Relativity and the Development of High-Energy Particle Physics Quantum Theory and Gravitation; Super luminal Waves and Objects: Theory and Experiments. A Panoramic Introduction; Standard Cosmology and Other Possible Universes

Sommario/riassunto

It is now a century ago that one of the icons of modern physics published some of the most influential scientific papers of all times. With his work on relativity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein has altered the field of physics forever. It should not come as a surprise that looking back at Einstein's work, one needs to rethink the whole scope of physics, before and after his time. This books aims to provide



a perspective on the history of modern physics, spanning from the late 19th century up to today. It is not an encyclopedic work, but it presents the groundbreaking and sometimes