Space, Time and Einstein: An Introduction

J.B. Kennedy

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2003

Space, Time and Einstein

An Introduction

J.B. Kennedy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773582767

Contents

Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Einstein’s revolution
From Aristotle to Hiroshima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Einstein in a Nutshell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
The Twin Paradox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
How to Build an Atomic Bomb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
The Four-Dimensional Universe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Time Travel is Possible Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Can the Mind Understand the World? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Philosophical progress
Who Invented Space? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Zeno’s Paradoxes: is Motion Impossible? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Philosophers at War: Newton Vs. Leibniz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
The Philosophy of Left and Right Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
The Unreality of Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
General Relativity: is Space Curved? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
The Fall of Geometry: is Mathematics Certain? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
The Resurrection of Absolutes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
The Resilience of Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Frontiers
Faster Than Light: Was Einstein Wrong? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
The Big Bang: How Did the Universe Begin? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Black Holes: Trapdoors to Nowhere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Why Haven’t Aliens Come Visiting? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
The Inflationary and Accelerating Universe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Should We Believe the Physicists? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Spacetime Diagrams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Symmetry and Lorentz’s Minority Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Simple Formulas For Special Relativity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Websites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Guide to Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

eBook

Published: February 24, 2003
ISBN: 9780773582767