Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics
This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century. The focus is on the conditions and consequences of Einstein’s pathbreaking achievements that sealed the decline of the classical notions of space, ti
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John Stachel
Published under the sponsorship of the Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University Volume 1:
Einstein and the History of General Relativity Don Howard and John Stachel, editors
Volume 2:
Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity Abhay Ashtekar and John Stachel, editors
Volume 3:
Studies in the History of General Relativity Jean Eisenstaedt and A.J. Kox, editors
Volume 4:
Recent Advances in General Relativity Allen I. Janis and John R. Porter, editors
Volume 5:
The Attraction of Gravitation: New Studies in the History of General Relativity John Earman, Michel Janssen, and John D. Norton, editors
Volume 6:
Mach’s Principle: From Newton’s Bucket to Quantum Gravity Julian B. Barbour and Herbert Pfister, editors
Volume 7:
The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity Hubert Goenner, Jürgen Renn, Jim Ritter, and Tilman Sauer, editors
Volume 8:
Einstein: The Formative Years, 1879–1909 Don Howard and John Stachel, editors
Volume 9:
Einstein from ‘B’ to ‘Z’ John Stachel
Volume 10:
Einstein Studies in Russia Yuri Balashov and Vladimir Vizgin, editors
Volume 11:
The Universe of General Relativity A.J. Kox and Jean Eisenstaedt, editors
Volume 12:
Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics Christoph Lehner, Jürgen Renn, and Matthias Schemmel, editors
Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics Edited by Christoph Lehner, Jürgen Renn, and Matthias Schemmel
In cooperation with John Beckman and Eric Stengler
Managing Editor Lindy Divarci
Editors Christoph Lehner Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Boltzmannstraße 22 14195 Berlin Germany [email protected]
Jürgen Renn Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and TOPOI Excellence Cluster Boltzmannstraße 22 14195 Berlin Germany [email protected]
Matthias Schemmel Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and TOPOI Excellence Cluster Boltzmannstraße 22 14195 Berlin Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-8176-4939-5 e-ISBN 978-0-8176-4940-1 DOI 10.1007/978-0-8176-4940-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011943090 Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 01-06, 83-06, 85-06 © 2012 The Center for Einstein Studies The Einstein Studies series is published under the sponsorship of the Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary ri
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