Space And Time In Contemporary Physics An Introduction To The Theory Of Relativity And Gravitation by Moritz Schlick (PDF)

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⭐How it addresses and clarifies difficult concepts that constitute the foundation of physics theories.

⭐I don’t think this is one that most people will want to buy, if they can get it from the library. Of its 87 pages of text, 20 pages are particularly significant and extremely worthwhile: Chapter 9 on “The Finitude of the Universe” and Chapter 10 “Relation to Philosophy.” Other than these, the book is largely a very sparse treatment of the conceptual fallout (aka interesting consequences) of Einstein’s theory of relativity. I can’t say that anything in the book is all that well explicated, but those aforementioned chapters are handled much better than the others. Much of what is found in this book will either be covered by philosophy of physics texts (introductory, even) that deal with relativity in any capacity, and any technical modern physics text (e.g., Thornton and Rex’s). I did enjoy Schlick suggestion that we consider expanding shells of light, rather than linear light rays; but, still, Schlick’s treatment was all too sparing.Overall, I’d say philosophers of physics and philosophers of science will be interested in chapters 9 and 10. The book, as a whole, being considerably dated, might be useful to a historian of science. I also think that parts of the work may interest a physicist seeking a deeper conceptual exploration than is found in the typical physics text, but that is still familiar to the physicist in its construction. I recommend this book, but definitely not strongly, only really suggesting that philosophers of physics give it a quick skim for interesting points and take a look at chapters 9 and 10. It’s short enough that I have to give it four stars, being that it is worth a lunch-break’s read.

⭐I don’t think this is one that most people will want to buy, if they can get it from the library. Of its 87 pages of text, 20 pages are particularly significant and extremely worthwhile: Chapter 9 on “The Finitude of the Universe” and Chapter 10 “Relation to Philosophy.” Other than these, the book is largely a very sparse treatment of the conceptual fallout (aka interesting consequences) of Einstein’s theory of relativity. I can’t say that anything in the book is all that well explicated, but those aforementioned chapters are handled much better than the others. Much of what is found in this book will either be covered by philosophy of physics texts (introductory, even) that deal with relativity in any capacity, and any technical modern physics text (e.g., Thornton and Rex’s). I did enjoy Schlick suggestion that we consider expanding shells of light, rather than linear light rays; but, still, Schlick’s treatment was all too sparing.Overall, I’d say philosophers of physics and philosophers of science will be interested in chapters 9 and 10. The book, as a whole, being considerably dated, might be useful to a historian of science. I also think that parts of the work may interest a physicist seeking a deeper conceptual exploration than is found in the typical physics text, but that is still familiar to the physicist in its construction. I recommend this book, but definitely not strongly, only really suggesting that philosophers of physics give it a quick skim for interesting points and take a look at chapters 9 and 10. It’s short enough that I have to give it four stars, being that it is worth a lunch-break’s read.

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