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Author Jammer, Max.

Title Concepts of space : the history of theories of space in physics / Max Jammer ; foreword by Albert Einstein.

Publication Info. New York : Dover Publications, 1993.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  530.1 J248c 1993    ---  Available
Edition 3rd enl. ed.
Description xvii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / Albert Einstein -- 1. The Concept of Space in Antiquity -- 2. Judeo-Christian Ideas About Space -- 3. The Emancipation of the Space Concept from Aristotelianism -- 4. The Concept of Absolute Space -- 5. The Concept of Space in Modern Science -- 6. Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Physical Space.
Subject Space and time -- History.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Science -- Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Metaphysics. (OCoLC)fst01018304
Physics -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01063079
Science -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01108336
Space and time. (OCoLC)fst01127622
ISBN 0486271196 (pbk.)
9780486271194 (pbk.)

 
    
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