Concepts of Mass: In Classical and Modern Physics - Brossura

Jammer, Max

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486299988 ISBN 13: 9780486299983

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2003

Riassunto

Of fundamental importance to physics and the philosophy of science, the notion of mass had never been given an integrated and coherent historical investigation until the publication of this book. In it, the noted physicist Max Jammer presents a challenging study of the historical development of the concept of mass, a labor that earned him a monograph prize from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
A rigorous, concise, and provocative book that can be recommended to all serious readers and physicists interested in the foundations of physical science, this volume offers thorough critical and analytical treatment of such topics as the ancient concept of mass; the neoplatonic notion of inertia; the conceptualization of inertial mass; philosophical modifications of the Newtonian concept; the modern concept of mass; mass and energy; the concept of mass in quantum mechanics and field theory; and much more.
"Graduate students in physics should find this book a unique introduction to a very vexing problem in their chosen field, even though it is one of the most highly developed scientific disciplines." — American Scientist. 1964 edition.

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Contenuti

INTRODUCTION 1 "THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD "MASS" 2 DID ANCIENT THOUGHT HAVE A CONCEPT OF MASS? 3 THE NEOPLATONIC CONCEPT OF INERTIA 4 "QUANTITAS MATERIAE" IN MEDIEVAL THOUGHT" 5 THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF INERTIAL MASS 6 THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF MASS 7 PHILOSOPHICAL MODIFICATIONS OF THE NEWTONIAN CONCEPT 8 THE MODERN CONCEPT OF MASS 9 THE CONCEPT OF MASS IN AXIOMATIZED MECHANICS 10 THE GRAVITATIONAL CONCEPT OF MASS 11 THE ELECTROMAGNETIC CONCEPT OF MASS 12 THE RELATIVISTIC CONCEPT OF MASS 13 MASS AND ENERGY 14 THE CONCEPT OF MASS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS AND IN FIELD THEORY INDEX

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Prize-winning exposition of the historical development of the concept of mass analyzes such topics as the ancient concept of mass, the neoplatonic concept of inertia, conceptualization of inertial mass, modern concept of mass, mass and energy, concept of mass in quantum mechanics and field theory, and much more. 1964 edition.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486299988
• ISBN 13: 9780486299983
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 230
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia