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024	7		_a10.1007/3-540-27700-5 _2doi
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100	1		_aPetkov, Vesselin. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRelativity and the Nature of Spacetime _h[electronic resource] / _cby Vesselin Petkov.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2005.
300			_aXII, 300 p. 60 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aThe Frontiers Collection, _x1612-3018
505	0		_aOn the Impossibility of Detecting Uniform Motion -- Exploring the Internal Logic of Galileo’s Principle of Relativity -- Relativity in Euclidean Space and in Spacetime -- Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World: Spacetime Is Real -- Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Spacetime -- The Nature of Spacetime and Validity of Scientific Theories -- Propagation of Light in Non-Inertial Reference Frames -- Calculating the Electric Field of a Charge in a Non-Inertial Reference Frame -- Inertia as a Manifestation of the Reality of Spacetime.
520			_aThe most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature (the ontological status) of spacetime?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" The answer to this question is developed via a thorough analysis of relativistic effects and explicitly asking whether the objects involved in those effects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. This analysis clearly shows that if the world and the physical objects were three-dimensional, none of the kinematic relativistic effects and the experimental evidence supporting them would be possible. The implications of this result for physics, philosophy, and our entire world view are discussed.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aPhilosophy and science.
650		0	_aGravitation.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Science.
650	2	4	_aMathematical Methods in Physics.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783540238898
830		0	_aThe Frontiers Collection, _x1612-3018
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27700-5
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950			_aPhysics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
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