Integral Equations and Inverse Problems (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics)

Science & Math

Petkov, Vesselin

Lazarov, Raitcho

Mathematics

Longman Higher Education Division (a Pearson Education company)

<p>This book fills a gap in the literature. So far there has been no book which deals with inertia and gravitation by explicitly addressing open questions and issues which have been hampering the proper understanding of these phenomena. The book places a strong emphasis on the physical understanding of the main aspects and features of inertia and gravitation. It discusses questions such as: (i) Are inertial forces fictitious or real? (ii) Does special relativity provide an insight into the origin of inertia? (iii) Does mass increase relativistically? (iv) Why is the inertial mass equivalent to the gravitational mass? (v) Are gravitational phenomena caused by gravitational interaction according to general relativity? (vi) Is there gravitational energy? (vii) Do gravitational waves carry gravitational energy? (viii) Can gravity be quantized? October 19, 2019: new printing -- an Appendix ``On Relativistic Mass'' is included, some notes and references are added and noticed typos are corrected.</p>

Inertia and Gravitation: From Aristotle's Natural Motion to Geodesic Worldlines in Curved Spacetime

Physics

Minkowski Institute Press

The greatest mystery in the world is its very existence. In our intellectual development, we all reach a turning point when we start asking the perennial existential questions: "What is the world?"; "What am I?"; "What is the meaning of the existence of the world and myself?". As the German philosopher Schopenhauer put it: "The lower a man stands in intellectual respects the less of a riddle does existence seem to him... but, the clearer his consciousness becomes the more the problem grasps him in its greatness." This book explores what fundamental physics tells us about the physical world and how the scientific picture of what exists often differs disturbingly from the "common sense" view based on the way our senses reflect the world. Centuries-old illusions are identified by showing that they contradict experimentally-confirmed results of modern physics, which clears the way toward deeper understanding of reality. The greatest illusion that the world exists only at the present moment of time has been realized by many great thinkers, but so far the human race has been unable to free itself from it, prompting Einstein to write this: "the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." Getting rid of such stubbornly persistent illusions by open-mindedly examining the implications of modern physics for the physical world can help us rise above the fog of everyday life and see Nature the way she herself is.

From Illusions to Reality: Time, Spacetime and the Nature of Reality (Understanding Reality Series)

<p>This collection includes the papers that laid the foundations of spacetime physics: H. A. Lorentz, Michelson's Interference Experiment; H. A. Lorentz, Electromagnetic Phenomena in a System Moving with any Velocity Smaller than that of Light; H. Poincaré, Sur la dynamique de l'électron (5 June 1905); H. Poincaré, Sur la dynamique de l'électron (23 July 1905); A. Einstein, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies; A. Einstein, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy Content? H. Minkowski, Space and Time; A. Einstein, On the Influence of Gravitation on the Propagation of Light; A. Einstein, The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity; A. Einstein, Cosmological Considerations on the General Theory of Relativity; W. de Sitter, On the Curvature of Space; A. A. Friedmann, On the Curvature of Space; G. Lemaître, Expansion of the Universe, A Homogeneous Universe of Constant Mass and Increasing Radius Accounting for the Radial Velocity of Extra-Galactic Nebulæ</p>

The Origin of Spacetime Physics

<p><div> <div>The book presents seven fundamental concepts in spacetime physics mostly by following Hermann Minkowski's revolutionary ideas summarized in his 1908 lecture "Space and Time." These concepts are:&nbsp; spacetime, inertial and accelerated motion in spacetime physics, the origin and nature of inertia in spacetime physics, relativistic mass, gravitation, gravitational waves, and black holes. They&nbsp;have been selected because they appear to be causing most misconceptions and confusion in spacetime physics.</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p></p>

Seven Fundamental Concepts in Spacetime Physics (SpringerBriefs in Physics)

Springer

<p>&nbsp;The book presents seven fundamental concepts in spacetime physics mostly by following Hermann Minkowski's revolutionary ideas summarized in his 1908 lecture "Space and Time." These concepts are:&nbsp; spacetime, inertial and accelerated motion in spacetime physics, the origin and nature of inertia in spacetime physics, relativistic mass, gravitation, gravitational waves, and black holes. They&nbsp;have been selected because they appear to be causing most misconceptions and confusion in spacetime physics. This second edition has been revised to include additional clarifications, more detailed elaboration of the arguments and also new material published in the interim.<br /></p>

<p>Puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature of spacetime?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" </p>  <p>Develops answers to these questions via a thorough analysis of relativistic effects and explicitly asking whether the objects involved in those effects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. </p>  <p>Discusses the implication of the result (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) for physics, philosophy, and our entire world view are discussed.</p>

Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime (The Frontiers Collection)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

This book develops a thorough analysis of relativistic effects to address the question of what is the nature (the ontological status) of spacetime. In this new edition, arguments are strengthened, and new developments in the field are presented and integrated.

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Integral Equations and Inverse Problems (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics)

Inertia and Gravitation: From Aristotle's Natural Motion to Geodesic Worldlines in Curved Spacetime

From Illusions to Reality: Time, Spacetime and the Nature of Reality (Understanding Reality Series)

The Origin of Spacetime Physics

The Origin of Spacetime Physics

Seven Fundamental Concepts in Spacetime Physics (SpringerBriefs in Physics)

Seven Fundamental Concepts in Spacetime Physics (SpringerBriefs in Physics)

Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime (The Frontiers Collection)

Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime (The Frontiers Collection)