Einstein in Spain (eBook)

Relativity and the Recovery of Science

Thomas F. Glick (Autor)

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2014
408 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5916-0 (ISBN)

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From 1900 to 1924 Spain experienced a stage of vigorous academic freedom and unfettered scientific inquiry that strikingly contrasted with the repressive atmosphere of the periods before and after. Thomas Glick explores this "recovery of science" by focusing on the national discussion provoked by Einstein's trip to Spain in 1923. His visit stimulated a debate on the nature and social value of science that was remarkable in a society so recently awakened to the scientific role in the process of modernization. Einstein's universal appeal created the unlikely occasion for a fascination with science that cut across social classes and previously established domains of discourse.The political Right, which in other countries opposed relativity in the name of "traditional" Newtonian science, backed the new theories with surprising enthusiasm. Engineers, a politically conservative group, contributed much of the rank-and-file support for Einstein; physicians, who tended to the Left, also eagerly embraced his ideas, as did a host of mutually antagonistic political groups, including anarcho-syndicalists and bourgeois Catalan nationalists. Professor Glick's analysis of this multidimensional scientific forum provides an unusual amount of information on science in Spain and an opportunity to contrast the Spaniards' reception of Einstein's work and that of other nations during this historical period.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Absolute rotation • agnosticism • Albert A. Michelson • Albert Einstein • Alhazen • Arthur Eddington • Astronomer • Astronomica (Manilius) • Astronomy • Calculation • Celestial mechanics • Charles Howard Hinton • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Classical physics • cosmological constant • Cubism • Darwinism • David Hilbert • Dayton Miller • Discovery of Neptune • Disenchantment • Equivalence Principle • erudition • Euclidean Geometry • Euclidean space • Explanation • Felix Klein • Franz Brentano • Galileo Galilei • General relativity • Geometry • Gravitational Field • Hans Reichenbach • Heike Kamerlingh Onnes • Henri Bergson • Henri Poincaré • Hermann Weyl • hypothesis • I. Bernard Cohen • Inception • Intelligentsia • Jacques Lacan • Jakob Laub • José Ortega y Gasset • Joseph Larmor • Klaus Fuchs • Krausism • Lecture • Lorentz transformation • Luminiferous aether • mach's principle • Manifesto of the Ninety-Three • mathematician • Mathematics • Max Born • Michel Chasles • Michelson–Morley experiment • Miguel Primo de Rivera • Modern Physics • Moritz Schlick • newspaper • Newton's law of universal gravitation • Non-Euclidean geometry • Oliver Lodge • Paul Drude • Paul Forman • physicist • Physics education • Pierre Duhem • Pseudoscience • Psychoanalysis • Pythagorean Theorem • quantum mechanics • Relativism • relativistic mechanics • Residencia de Estudiantes • SCHOLASTICISM • Science • Scientific Revolution • scientific theory • Scientism • Scientist • Simultaneity • space • Special relativity • Speed of Light • Tests of general relativity • Theodor Wulf • theoretical physics • theory • Theory of relativity • The Philosopher • Thirring • Thought experiment • Tullio Levi-Civita • twin paradox • Uncertainty Principle • Walther Rathenau • Young Einstein
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5916-6 / 1400859166
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5916-0 / 9781400859160