In this post, we will see the book Albert Einstein’s Philosophical Views and the Theory of Relativity by D. P. Gribanov. This book aims to bring out the place and role of philosophical science in the creation of the theory of relativity.
About the book:
This book presents the first integral treatment of the philosophical views of Albert Einstein and their influence on the origin and interpretation of the theory of relativity. It brings out the specific features of the philosophical com prehension of the theory of relativity m the world and Soviet literature, and analyses the influence of the new relativistic physical ideas in enriching and developing the traditional philosophical categories of matter, space, time, and motion.
The book was first published by Progress Publishers in 1987 and was translated from the Russian by H. Campbell Creighton. The book was designed by Vyacheslav Serebryakov.
PDF | Cover | OCR | Bookmarked | 300 dpi (upscaled to 600 dpi) | 8.7 MB | 275 pp.
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Thanks to gnowgi for the book.
Contents
Preface 11
Part One. Philosophical Problems of the Theory of Relativity in the World and Soviet Literature 13
Part Two. The Evolution of Einstein’s Philosophical Views 65
1. Philosophical Analysis of Classical Mechanics and Metaphysics 67
2. Einstein and the Concepts of Idealist Philosophy 96
3. The Substance of Einstein’s Philosophic views 114
Part Three. The Development of the Theory of Relativity and Philosophy 154
1. The Concept of Matter and the Development of Physics 155
2. Time, Space, and Motion in Physics and Philosophy 178
3. The Genesis of the Special Theory of Relativity and Philosophy 193
4. The Development of the General Theory of Relativity 217
5. The Philosophical Essence of Relativistic Physics 232
Conclusion 244
Bibliography 246
Name Index 250
Subject Index 254
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