Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time
Peter Galison
Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time
Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time
Peter Galison
Descripción
Clocks and trains, telegraphs and colonial conquest: the challenges of the late nineteenth century were an indispensable real-world background to the enormous theoretical breakthrough of relativity. And two giants at the foundations of modern science were converging, step-by-step, on the answer: Albert Einstein, an young, obscure German physicist experimenting with measuring time using telegraph networks and with the coordination of clocks at train stations; and the renowned mathematician Henri Poincare, president of the French Bureau of Longitude, mapping time coordinates across continents. Each found that to understand the newly global world, he had to determine whether there existed a pure time in which simultaneity was absolute or whether time was relative Esteemed historian of science Peter Galison has culled new information from rarely seen photographs, forgotten patents, and unexplored archives to tell the fascinating story of two scientists whose concrete, professional preoccupations engaged them in a silent race toward a theory that would conquer the empire of time.
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa suave |
| Número de Páginas | 389 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2004-09-01 |
| Dimensiones | 8.2" x 5.4" x 1.1" pulgadas |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | Si |
Acerca del Autor
Galison, Peter
Peter Galison is Mallinckrodt Professor for the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Max Planck Prize, as well as the Pfizer Prize for the Best Book in the History of Science for Image and Logic.Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.454 kg |
| SKU: | 9780393326048 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 23/12/23 |
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