LEADER 04576nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910824534003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-0405-1 010 $a1-4008-1661-0 010 $a1-4008-1219-4 010 $a1-282-76715-1 010 $a9786612767159 010 $a1-4008-2378-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823789 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044370 035 $a(EBL)581611 035 $a(OCoLC)700688629 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12045474 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084725 035 $a(PQKB)10675379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000434791 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275927 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000434791 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10423844 035 $a(PQKB)11329236 035 $a(OCoLC)51729087 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36150 035 $a(DE-B1597)446283 035 $a(OCoLC)979628988 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823789 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581611 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035858 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276715 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581611 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044370 100 $a19990302d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConcepts of mass in contemporary physics and philosophy /$fMax Jammer 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-01017-X 311 $a0-691-14432-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. Inertial Mass -- $tChapter 2. Relativistic Mass -- $tChapter 3. The Mass-Energy Relation -- $tChapter 4. Gravitational Mass and the Principle of Equivalence -- $tChapter 5. The Nature of Mass -- $tIndex 330 $aThe concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject of innumerable physical and philosophical studies, the concept of mass has been but rarely investigated. Here Max Jammer, a leading philosopher and historian of physics, provides a concise but comprehensive, coherent, and self-contained study of the concept of mass as it is defined, interpreted, and applied in contemporary physics and as it is critically examined in the modern philosophy of science. With its focus on theories proposed after the mid-1950s, the book is the first of its kind, covering the most recent experimental and theoretical investigations into the nature of mass and its role in modern physics, from the realm of elementary particles to the cosmology of galaxies. The book begins with an analysis of the persistent difficulties of defining inertial mass in a noncircular manner and discusses the related question of whether mass is an observational or a theoretical concept. It then studies the notion of mass in special relativity and the delicate problem of whether the relativistic rest mass is the only legitimate notion of mass and whether it is identical with the classical (Newtonian) mass. This is followed by a critical analysis of the different derivations of the famous mass-energy relationship E = mc2 and its conflicting interpretations. Jammer then devotes a chapter to the distinction between inertial and gravitational mass and to the various versions of the so-called equivalence principle with which Newton initiated his Principia but which also became the starting point of Einstein's general relativity, which supersedes Newtonian physics. The book concludes with a presentation of recently proposed global and local dynamical theories of the origin and nature of mass. Destined to become a much-consulted reference for philosophers and physicists, this book is also written for the nonprofessional general reader interested in the foundations of physics. 606 $aMass (Physics) 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 615 0$aMass (Physics) 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 676 $a530.11 686 $aUB 7000$2rvk 700 $aJammer$b Max$01078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824534003321 996 $aConcepts of mass in contemporary physics and philosophy$94118233 997 $aUNINA