{"product_id":"minkowski-spacetime-vesselin-petkov-9789048134748","title":"Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later","description":"Preface Hermann Minkowski: Space and Time (English translation by Dennis Lehmkuhl) Hermann Minkowski: Raum und Zeit (original German text) PART I: The Impact of Minkowski Spacetime on the Twentieth Century Physics from a Historical Perspective Hermann Minkowski, Relativity and the Axiomatic Approach to Physics; Leo Corry, Cohn Institute for History and Philosophy of Science, Tel-Aviv University Minkowski's Modern World; Scott Walter, University of Nancy and H. Poincare Archives PART II: Implications of Minkowski Spacetime for Theoretical Physics Hermann Minkowski and Special Relativity; Graham Hall, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aberdeen The Rich Structure of Minkowski Space; Domenico Giulini, Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg Minkowski Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics; William G. Unruh, Department of Physics \u0026amp; Astronomy, University of British Columbia Modern Spacetime and Undecidability; Rodolfo Gambini, Institute of Physics, Montevideo University, and Jorge Pullin, Department of Physics, Louisiana State University Quantum Spacetimes: Beyond the Continuum of Minkowski and Einstein; Abhay Ashtekar, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University Spacetime Extensions in Quantum Gravity; Martin Bojowald, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, The Pennsylvania State University PART III: Conceptual and Philosophical Issues of Minkowski Spacetime The Adolescence of Relativity: Einstein, Minkowski, and the Philosophy of Space and Time; Dennis Dieks, Department of History and Foundations of Science, Utrecht University Hermann Minkowski: From Geometry of Numbers to Physical Geometry; Yvon Gauthier, Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal The Mystical Formula and the Mystery of Khronos; Orfeu Bertolami, Dpto. Física, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Physical Laws and Worldlines in Minkowski Spacetime; Vesselin Petkov, Science College, Concordia University Time as an Illusion; Paul S. Wesson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo Consequences of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time for a Philosophy of Nature; Herbert Pietschmann, Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Vienna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vesselin Petkov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9048134749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789048134748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Vesselin Petkov","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424636420351,"sku":"9789048134748","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ddf72bf-e3d6-4813-938c-3fb692b55092.jpg?v=1761531539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minkowski-spacetime-vesselin-petkov-9789048134748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}