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OverviewModern science has changed every aspect of life in ways that cannot be compared to developments of previous eras. This four volume set presents key developments within modern physical science and the effects of these discoveries on modern global life. The first two volumes explore the history of the concept of relativity, the cultural roots of science, the concept of time and gravity before, during, and after Einstein's theory, and the cultural reception of relativity. Volume three explores the impact of modern science upon global politics and the creation of a new kind of war, and Volume four details the old and new efforts surrounding the elucidation of the quantum world, as well as the cultural impact of particle physics. The collection also presents the historical and cultural context that made these scientific innovations possible. The transformation of everyday concepts of time and space for the individual and for society, the conduct of warfare, and the modern sense of mastering nature are all issues discussed in these four volumes. The thematically organized volumes in this collection reprint in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Galison , Michael Gordin , David KaiserPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.930kg ISBN: 9780415937153ISBN 10: 0415937159 Pages: 418 Publication Date: 26 October 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsEinstein, Albert. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. In Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity: Emergence (1905) and Early Interpretation (1905-1911) , translated by Arthur I. Miller (Reading, PA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1981). Holton, Gerald. Mach, Einstein, and the Search for Reality. In Gerald Holton, ed., Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein, rev. ed. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988). Holton, Gerald. Einstein and the Cultural Roots of Modern Science. Daedalus 127 (Winter 1998). Darrigol, Olivier. Henri Poincare's Criticism of Fin-de-siecle Electrodynamics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 26 (1995). Janssen, Michel. Reconsidering a Scientific Revolution: The Case of Einstein Versus Lorentz. Unpublished. Miller, Arthur I. The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905. In Gerald Holton and Yehudah Elkana, eds., Albert Einstein: Historical and Cultural Perspectives (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982). Galison, Peter. Einstein's Clocks: The Place of Time. Critical Inquiry 26 (Winter 2000). Cassidy, David. Understanding the History of Special Relativity. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 16 (1986). Pyenson, Lewis. The Relativity Revolution in Germany. In The Comparative Reception of Relativity (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1987). Glick, Thomas. Cultural Issues in the Reception of Relativity. In Thomas Glick, ed., The Comparative Reception of Relativity (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1987). Goldberg, Stanley. In Defense of the Ether: The British Response to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, 1905-1911. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 2 (1970). Warwick, Andrew. Cambridge Mathematics and Cavendish Physics: Cunningham, Campbell, and Einstein's Relativity, 1905-1911. Part I: The Uses of Theory. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 23 (1992).ReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Galison is Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University and a premier authority in the field. In 1997, he was named a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow; in 1999, he was a winner of the Max Planck Prize given by the Max Planck Gesellschaft and Humboldt Stiftung. His is author of numerous works, including, most recently, Picturing Science, ProducingArt (Routledge, 1998) and The Architecture of Science (MIT, 1999). Michael Gordin and David Kaiser are both at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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