The Cambridge companion to Einstein / edited by Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota, Christoph Lehner, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
Janssen, Michel, 1960- editor.; Lehner, Christoph, 1962- editor.
2014
QC16.E5 C36 2014 (Mapit)
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The Cambridge companion to Einstein / edited by Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota, Christoph Lehner, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
ISBN
9780521535427 paperback
0521535425 paperback
9780521828345 hardcover alkaline paper volume 1
0521828341 hardcover alkaline paper volume 1
Published
New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 562 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Call Number
QC16.E5 C36 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.092 B
Summary
"The first systematic presentation of the work of Albert Einstein, comprised of fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science that introduce readers to his work."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-549) and index.
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Janssen, Michel, 1960- editor.
Lehner, Christoph, 1962- editor.
Series
Cambridge companions to philosophy.
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Introduction / Michel Janssen and Christoph Lehner
Einstein's Copernican Revolution / Jürgen Renn and Robert Rynasiewicz
Einstein's special theory of relativity and the problems in the electrodynamics of moving bodies that led him to it / John D. Norton
Einstein on statistical physics: fluctuations and atomism / A.J. Kox
The quantum enigma / Olivier Darrigol
The experimental challenge of light quanta / Roger H. Stuewer
"No success like failure...": Einstein's quest for general relativity, 1907-1920 / Michel Janssen
Einstein's role in the creation of Relativistic Cosmology / Christopher Smeenk
Einstein, gravitational waves, and the theoretician's regress / Daniel J. Kennefick
Einstein's unified field theory program / Tilman Sauer
Einstein's realism and his critique of quantum mechanics / Christoph Lehner
Einstein and the development of twentieth-century philosophy of science / Don Howard
"A believing rationalist": Einstein and "the truly valuable" in Kant / Thomas Ryckman
Space, time, and geometry / Michael Friedman
Einstein's politics / Robert Schulmann
Appendix: Special relativity / Michel Janssen.

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