Concepts of simultaneity; from antiquity to Einstein and beyond.0801884225 Concepts of simultaneity; from antiquity to Einstein and beyond. Jammer, Max. Johns Hopkins Noun 1. Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Hopkins 2. U. Press 2006 308 pages $129.00 Hardcover QC173 Jammer (philosophy of physics emeritus, Bar-Ilan U.) starts from when the descriptions of simultaneity were literally carved in stone Adj. 1. carved in stone - no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone" set in stone unchangeable - not changeable or subject to change; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the , from the time of classical Egypt, and works through time to Einstein, with whom Jammer was personally acquainted, and on to where the young upstarts in the field now work and play. He analyzes the concept as it was applied in Greek and medieval philosophy medieval philosophy: see scholasticism. , Newtonian physics, and classical philosophers such as Leibnitz and Kant, focusing on its use by philosophers of science such as Poincare. Some of the most fascinating passages here describe how simultaneity figures in the development of modern theoretical physics, especially in the theory of relativity theory of relativity Einstein’s contribution to the space-time relationship. [Science: NCE, 843–844] See : Turning Point . Jammer also pays careful attention to the problem of whether distant simultaneity is real or only hypothetical, and concludes with observations on quantum mechanics quantum mechanics: see quantum theory. quantum mechanics Branch of mathematical physics that deals with atomic and subatomic systems. It is concerned with phenomena that are so small-scale that they cannot be described in classical terms, and it is . This is a surprisingly accessible treatment of sometimes opaque but nevertheless essential concept in modern science. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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