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At the Crossroads of Infinities – Parnov
In this post, we will see the book At the crossroads of infinities by E. I. Parnov. About the book At the Crossroads of Infinities is a story about the struggle of ideas out of which the modern physical picture … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, soviet
Tagged development, elementary particles, history of science, ideas, mir books, quantum mechanics, space, special relativity, theories, time, unified theory, universe
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How people discovered the Shape of the Earth – Tomilin
In this post, we will see the book How people discovered the Shape of the Earth by A. Tomilin. About the book What is the shape of the Earth? An odd question, isn’t it? The world’s a globe. It’s round. … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, history, raduga publishers, science, science for everyone
Tagged earth, flat, folk theories, geography, geoid, geology, gravity, greek, history of science, maps, measurement, people, shape, syene, travel
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Albert Einstein’s Philosophical views and the Theory of Relativity – Gribanov
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, classical mechanics, concepts, einstein, einstein studies, frames of reference, general relativity, genesis, history of science, matter, motion, philosophy, philosophy of science, physics, relativity, soviet science, space, special relativity, time
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Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics
In this post, we will see the book Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics. Many interesting articles are present in the book which would interest a physicist as well as students of history and philosophy of science. About the book: … Continue reading
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Tagged bohr, bridgman, cosmology, einstein, einstein studies, field theory, general relativity, geometry, gravitation, history of science, mach, philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, poincare, quantum mechanics, simultaneity, space, space-time, special relativity, theory of relativity, time
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Update: Books in Comments
It has been a while since anything new was posted by me. But many good natured people have invested their time and efforts to keep the book coming. This post is for bringing forth those contributions and contributors. Chances are … Continue reading
Something Called Nothing – Podolny
The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged dirac sea, elementary particles, ether, fields, history of science, mir publishers, neutrino, physics, planck length, popular science, quantum mecha, vacuum, void
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Y. Ryabov – Celestial Mechanics
How do the heavenly bodies move, and how are these movements related to one another? What forces of nature govern such motions? We now come to another jewel of a book titled Celestial Mechanics by Y. Ryabov. This book discusses … Continue reading
