Book ID: CBB000930976

Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Writings on Space, Time, and Motion (2006)

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Reichenbach, Hans (Author)
Gimbel, Steven (Editor)
Walz, Anke (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: vi + 216 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Essays by Reichenbach show how he understood Einstein's theory, its philosophical commitments, and its physical predictions, and how he defended it in both the academic and popular press.


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Review Murzi, Mauro (2008) Review of "Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Writings on Space, Time, and Motion". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 91). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Renn, Jürgen
Sauer, Tilman
Gutfreund, Hanoch
Eisenstaedt, Jean
Polak, Paweł
Rocci, Alessio
Concepts
Relativity, general
Physics
Philosophy of science
Relativity, special
Gravitation
Relativity
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Cracow (Poland)
Ukraine
United States
Poland
Germany
Institutions
Princeton University
Uniwersytet Lwowski (Lwów, Poland)
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