Kinematics
Subtitle: the lost origins of Einstein's relativity
By: Alberto A. Martínez.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780801891359
Subjects: Kinematics -- History; Relativity (Physics) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Big picture: rise of a rejected science; title: Where to begin? Invisible causes or visible motions; title: Ambiguous truths: the allegedly pure science of motion; title: Fights over language: coordinates versus vectors; title: Scientific definitions: the concepts of space and time; title: Discovery and invention: conceptual origins of Einstein's relativity; title: Text and equations: elements of Einstein's kinematics; title: Critical history: the algebra of motion.