Mach's Principle

Mach's Principle
Author: Julian B. Barbour
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 558
Release: 1995-08-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780817638238

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This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. 20th-century physics is concerned with the concepts of time, space, motion, inertia and gravity. The documentation on all of these makes this book a reference for those who are interested in the history of science and the theory of general relativity

Mach's Principle and the Origin of Inertia

Mach's Principle and the Origin of Inertia
Author: Mendel Sachs
Publisher: Apeiron
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: General relativity (Physics)
ISBN: 9780973291100

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Origin of Inertia

Origin of Inertia
Author: Amitabha Ghosh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2002
Genre: Celestial mechanics
ISBN:

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Principles of the Theory of Heat

Principles of the Theory of Heat
Author: Ernst Mach
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9400946228

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xi should hope for "first and foremost" from any historical investigation, including his own, was that "it may not be too tedious. " II That hope is generally realized in Mach's historical writings, most of which are as lively and interesting now as they were when they appeared. Mach did not follow any existing model of historical or philosophical or scientific exposition, but went at things his own way combining the various approaches as needed to reach the goals he set for himself. When he is at his best we get a sense of the Mach whom William James met on a visit to Prague, the Mach whose four hours of "unforgettable conversation" gave the forty year old, well traveled James the strongest "impression of pure intellectual genius" he had yet received, and whose "absolute simplicity of manner and winningness of smile" captivated him completely. 12 Consider, for example, the first few chapters of this book, Principles of the Theory of Heat, which Mach devotes to the notion of temperature, that most fundamental of all thermal concepts. He begins by trying to trace the path that leads from our sensations of hot and cold to a numerical temperature scale.

Relativistic Celestial Mechanics of the Solar System

Relativistic Celestial Mechanics of the Solar System
Author: Sergei Kopeikin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 897
Release: 2011-09-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527408568

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This authoritative book presents the theoretical development of gravitational physics as it applies to the dynamics of celestial bodies and the analysis of precise astronomical observations. In so doing, it fills the need for a textbook that teaches modern dynamical astronomy with a strong emphasis on the relativistic aspects of the subject produced by the curved geometry of four-dimensional spacetime. The first three chapters review the fundamental principles of celestial mechanics and of special and general relativity. This background material forms the basis for understanding relativistic reference frames, the celestial mechanics of N-body systems, and high-precision astrometry, navigation, and geodesy, which are then treated in the following five chapters. The final chapter provides an overview of the new field of applied relativity, based on recent recommendations from the International Astronomical Union. The book is suitable for teaching advanced undergraduate honors programs and graduate courses, while equally serving as a reference for professional research scientists working in relativity and dynamical astronomy. The authors bring their extensive theoretical and practical experience to the subject. Sergei Kopeikin is a professor at the University of Missouri, while Michael Efroimsky and George Kaplan work at the United States Naval Observatory, one of the world?s premier institutions for expertise in astrometry, celestial mechanics, and timekeeping.

History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy

History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy
Author: Ernst Mach
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780342392629

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Galaxies and Cosmology

Galaxies and Cosmology
Author: Vittorio Canuto
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 898
Release: 1988
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780677221502

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This is a treatment of the fundamentals of cosmology and galaxies discussed from theoretical, experimental and observational perspectives and providing a basic reference source for both specialists and non-specialists. Articles from non-equilibrium relativistic cosmology to the evolution of galaxies are included.

Weyl and the Problem of Space

Weyl and the Problem of Space
Author: Julien Bernard
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2019-10-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030115275

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This book investigates Hermann Weyl’s work on the problem of space from the early 1920s onwards. It presents new material and opens the philosophical problem of space anew, crossing the disciplines of mathematics, history of science and philosophy. With a Kantian starting point Weyl asks: among all the infinitely many conceivable metrical spaces, which one applies to the physical world? In agreement with general relativity, Weyl acknowledges that the metric can quantitatively vary with the physical situation. Despite this freedom, Weyl “deduces”, with group-theoretical technicalities, that there is only one “kind” of legitimate metric. This construction was then decisive for the development of gauge theories. Nevertheless, the question of the foundations of the metric of physical theories is only a piece of a wider epistemological problem. Contributing authors mark out the double trajectory that goes through Weyl’s texts, from natural science to philosophy and conversely, always through the mediation of mathematics. Readers may trace the philosophical tradition to which Weyl refers and by which he is inspired (Kant, Husserl, Fichte, Leibniz, Becker etc.), and explore the mathematical tradition (Riemann, Helmholtz, Lie, Klein) that permitted Weyl to elaborate and solve his mathematical problem of space. Furthermore, this volume analyzes the role of the interlocutors with whom Weyl discussed the nature of physical space (Einstein, Cartan, De Sitter, Schrödinger, Eddington). This volume features the work of top specialists and will appeal to postgraduates and scholars in philosophy, the history of science, mathematics, or physics.

Ernst Mach – Life, Work, Influence

Ernst Mach – Life, Work, Influence
Author: Friedrich Stadler
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 741
Release: 2019-09-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030043789

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This edited volume features essays written in honor of Ernst Mach. It explores his life, work, and legacy. Readers will gain a better understanding of this natural scientist and scholar who made major contributions to physics, the philosophy of science, and physiological psychology. The essays offer a critical inventory of Mach’s lifework in line with state-of-the-art research and historiography. It begins with physics, where he paved the way for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. The account continues with Mach's contributions in biology, psychology, and physiology pioneering with an empiricist and gestalthaft Analysis of Sensations. Readers will also discover how in the philosophy of science he served as a model for the Vienna Circle with the Ernst Mach Society as well as paved the way for an integrated history and theory of science. Indeed, his influence extends far beyond the natural sciences -- to the Vienna Medical School and psychoanalysis (R. Bárány, J. Breuer, S. Freud), to literature (Jung Wien, R. Musil), to politics (F. Adler, Austro-Marxism and the Viennese adult education), to arts between Futurism and Minimal Art as well as to social sciences between the liberal school (J. Schumpeter, F. A. von Hayek) and empirical social research (P. Lazarsfeld und M. Jahoda).

Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy
Author: Max Jammer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-06-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 069114432X

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Jammer then devotes a chapter to the distinction between inertial and gravitational mass and to the various versions of the so-called equivalance 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."--BOOK JACKET.