Einstein's Opponents : The Public Controversy about the Theory of Relativity in the 1920s
Milena. Wazeck
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Originaltittel | [ Einsteins Gegner. .] English
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (380 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Translator's preface: making the imaginary accessible - translating Einstein's Opponents; Technology contributing to accuracy; Names and cultural phenomena; Quotes and idioms; Terminology; Challenges; Word play; Conclusion; Bibliography; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; The current status of research; Structure of the book; Sources; 1 The world riddle solvers; 1.1 The dark side of the popularization of science; 1.2 The phenomenon of world riddle solving; 1.3 Contexts of world riddle solving; 1.3.1 Occultism. - 1.5 The anti-academic attitude and dissociation from academic research1.6 Provisional appraisal of world riddle solving; ; Characteristics of world riddle solver theories; The world riddle solvers; 2 The confrontation with the theory of relativity; 2.1 The triumphal march of the theory of relativity in the public sphere; The newspaper environment in the Weimar Republic; The theory of relativity in popular culture; 2.2 The mental block to reception; 2.3 The defensive attitude to the "attack" of modern physics; 3 The debate on the content of the theory of relativity. - 3.1 The criticism of the reorganization of fundamental physical concepts by the theory of relativity3.1.1 The simultaneity of the non-simultaneous as a determining factor for the criticism; The people left behind by progress - academic science; The people left behind by progress - the non-academic area; 3.1.2 Time; The everyday understanding of time and the understanding of time in classical physics; The relativization of simultaneity; The sweeping rejection of the relativization of simultaneity; Criticism based on alternative concepts of time; 3.1.3 Light. - Case study: Johann Heinrich Ziegler. The chemist and the primordial light1.3.2 Life reform; Case study: Franz Kleinschrod. The hydropathic Kneipp physician and meta-mechanics; 1.3.3 Monism; Case study: Arthur Patschke. The engineer and the universal law of force; 1.4 The world riddle solvers' conception of science; 1.4.1 The demand for absolute truth; 1.4.2 Substance thinking; 1.4.3 Between the abyss and redemption - science and world view; Criticism of civilization and historical philosophy from below; Natural science as therapy; The religionization of science. - The ether as a metaphysical anchor. - Time and the principle of the constancy of the speed of lightWave, particle, or something completely different - what is light?; 3.1.4 Space; Relativistic space - a physics of curved nothingness?; "Thing-space" or "container space" - alternatives to relativistic space; 3.1.5 Gravitation; The debate about gravitation; The non-academic search for the nature of attractive force; The criticism of the theory of relativity based on mechanical theories of gravitation; Occult and vitalist conceptions of gravitation; 3.1.6 Ether; Ether in classical physics; The defense of ether. - A detailed account of the contemporary controversy surrounding the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
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| ISBN | 9781107017443
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