The Einsteinian Revolution (häftad)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
272
Utgivningsdatum
2023-12-05
Förlag
Princeton University Press
Illustratör/Fotograf
7 b, w illus
Illustrationer
7 b/w illus.
Dimensioner
218 x 142 x 30 mm
Vikt
499 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780691168760

The Einsteinian Revolution

The Historical Roots of His Breakthroughs

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2023-12-05
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How the Einsteinian revolution can be understood as the result of a long-term evolution of science The revolution that emerged from Albert Einsteins work in the early twentieth century transformed our understanding of space, time, motion, gravity, matter, and radiation. Beginning with Einsteins miracle year of 1905 and continuing through his development of the theory of general relativity, Einstein spurred a revolution that continues to reverberate in modern-day physics. In The Einsteinian Revolution, Hanoch Gutfreund and Jrgen Renn trace the century-long transformation of classical physics and argue that the revolution begun by Einstein was in fact the result of a long-term evolution. Describing the origins and context of Einsteins innovative research, Gutfreund and Renn work to dispel the popular myth of Einstein as a lone genius who brought about a revolution in physics through the power of his own pure thought. We can only understand the birth of modern physics, they say, if we understand the long history of the evolution of knowledge. Gutfreund and Renn outline the essential structures of the knowledge system of classical physics on which Einstein drew. Examining Einsteins discoveries from 1905 onward, they describe the process by which new concepts arose and the basis of modern physics emerged. These transformations continued, eventually resulting in the establishment of quantum physics and general relativity as the two major conceptual frameworks of modern physicsand its two unreconciled theoretical approaches. Gutfreund and Renn note that Einstein was dissatisfied with this conceptual dichotomy and began a search for a unified understanding of physicsa quest that continued for the rest of his life.
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"[Provides] an excellent overview of Einsteins major discoveries, from his early work on quantum theory to general relativity, the new law of gravity that overturned Newton. It is a welcome addition to any collection of books on modern physics."---Marcia Bartusiak, Wall Street Journal "In The Einsteinian Revolution, two eminent experts on Einsteins life and his theory of relativity . . . offer an original and penetrating analysis of Einsteins revolutionary contributions to physics and our view of the physical world. . . . The Einsteinian Revolution is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the scholarly literature on Einstein and his astounding scientific creativity between 1905 and 1925. Gutfreund and Renn might not have given the final answer as to why Einstein, of all people, revolutionized physics in the way that he did. But they argue in fascinating detail that, to understand his genius, one must take into account not just the earlier history of physics but also the history of knowledge more broadly. Helge Kragh, Nature"---Helge Kragh, Nature "Interesting and intellectually satisfying."---K.D. Fisher, Choice "Beautifully written."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica

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Hanoch Gutfreund is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is also academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives. Jrgen Renn is director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and founding director of the newly established Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena. He is the author of The Evolution of Knowledge (Princeton). Gutfreund and Renn are the authors of Einstein on Einstein and The Formative Years of Relativity (both Princeton).