Space, Time, and Spacetime
| ISBN: | 9783642135378 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 314 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Petkov, Vesselin |
| Verlag: | Springer Berlin |
| Veröffentlicht: | 06.09.2010 |
| Untertitel: | Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time |
| Schlagworte: | EFE Gravity Minkowski space Minkowski spacetime Philosophy of spacetime Quantum mechanics and relativity Relativity Relativity of simultaneity Special relativity Special relativity and spacetime |
Vesselin Petkov received a graduate degree in physics from Sofia University, a doctorate in philosophy from the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and a doctorate in physics from Concordia University. He taught at Sofia University and is currently teaching at Concordia University. He wrote the book "Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime" (Springer 2005) and edited the books "Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World" (Springer 2007), and "Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later" (Springer, forthcoming). He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Society for the Advanced Study of Spacetime