LEADER 03852nam 2200481 450 001 996418448203316 005 20210224132045.0 010 $a3-030-47782-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-47782-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011469650 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6357697 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-47782-0 035 $a(PPN)250221217 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011469650 100 $a20210224d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aThinking about space and time $e100 years of applying and interpreting /$fClaus Beisbart, Tilman Sauer, Christian Wu?thrich, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cBirkha?user,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 267 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aEinstein Studies,$x2381-5833 ;$v15 311 $a3-030-47781-9 327 $aIntroduction -- Space and Time 62 Years After the Berne Conference -- Einstein's Conflicting Heuristics: The Discovery of General Relativity -- Historical and Philosophical Aspects of the Einstein World -- Stability in Cosmology, from Einstein to Inflation -- The Einstein-Rosen Bridge and the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Argument: Singularities and Separability -- A Raum with a View: Hermann Weyl and the Problem of Space -- Friedman and Some of his Critics on the Foundations of General Relativity -- Interpretations of GR as Guidelines for Theory Change -- Explanation, Geometry, and Conspiracy in Relativity Theory -- Geometry and Motion in General Relativity -- The Metaphysics of Machian Frame-Dragging -- Approximate Local Poincaré Spacetime Symmetry in General Relativity. 330 $aThis volume offers an integrated understanding of how the theory of general relativity gained momentum after Einstein had formulated it in 1915. Chapters focus on the early reception of the theory in physics and philosophy and on the systematic questions that emerged shortly after Einstein's momentous discovery. They are written by physicists, historians of science, and philosophers, and were originally presented at the conference titled Thinking About Space and Time: 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity, held at the University of Bern from September 12-14, 2017. By establishing the historical context first, and then moving into more philosophical chapters, this volume will provide readers with a more complete understanding of early applications of general relativity (e.g., to cosmology) and of related philosophical issues. Because the chapters are often cross-disciplinary, they cover a wide variety of topics related to the general theory of relativity. These include: Heuristics used in the discovery of general relativity Mach's Principle The structure of Einstein's theory Cosmology and the Einstein world Stability of cosmological models The metaphysical nature of spacetime The relationship between spacetime and dynamics The Geodesic Principle Symmetries Thinking About Space and Time will be a valuable resource for historians of science and philosophers who seek a deeper knowledge of the (early and later) uses of general relativity, as well as for physicists and mathematicians interested in exploring the wider historical and philosophical context of Einstein's theory. 410 0$aEinstein Studies,$x2381-5833 ;$v15 606 $aSpace and time$xPhilosophy 615 0$aSpace and time$xPhilosophy. 676 $a530.11 702 $aSauer$b Tilman 702 $aBeisbart$b Claus 702 $aWu?thrich$b Christian 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996418448203316 996 $aThinking about space and time$91916490 997 $aUNISA