Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

All physicists would agree that one of the most fundamental problems of the 21st century physics is the dimensionality of the world. In the four-dimensional world of Minkowski (or Minkowski spacetime) the most challenging problem is the nature of the temporal dimension. In Minkowski spacetime it is merely one of the four dimensions, which means that it is entirely given like the other three spacial dimensions. If the temporal dimension were not given in its entirety and only one constantly changing moment of it existed, Minkowski spacetime would be reduced to the ordinary three-dimensional space. But if the physical world, represented by Minkowski spacetime, is indeed four-dimensional with time being the fourth dimension, then such a world is drastically different from its image based on our perceptions.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Fundamental Theories of Physics, 153
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Vesselin Petkov
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6317-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General
LSN:	1-4020-6317-2
Barcode:	9781402063176

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