Janssen, Michel (2004) Relativity. [Preprint]
Abstract
A brief review (~8K words) of the history and philosophy of special and general relativity for a Dictionary of the History of Ideas
| Item Type: | Preprint |
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| Additional Information: | This article has appeared in: Maryanne Cline Horowitz et al. (eds.), New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004, Pp. 2039-2047. |
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| Keywords: | relativity, Lorentz invariance, theorem of corresponding states, Einstein, Lorentz, equivalence principle, general covariance, hole argument, point-coincidence argument, Newton's bucket, Mach's principle, cosmological constant, De Sitter |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Michel Janssen |
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| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2004 |
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| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:12 |
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| Item ID: | 1733 |
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| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1733 |
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