CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION OF NEWTONIAN AND RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS
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- Author: AMITABHA GHOSH
- ISBN: 9789811062520
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This book provides an introduction to Newtonian and
relativistic mechanics. Unlike other books on the topic, which generally take a
'top-down' approach, it follows a novel system to show how the concepts of the
'science of motion' evolved through a veritable jungle of intermediate ideas
and concepts. Starting with Aristotelian philosophy, the text gradually
unravels how the human mind slowly progressed towards the fundamental ideas of
inertia physics. The concepts that now appear so obvious to even a high school
student took great intellectuals more than a millennium to clarify. The book
explores the evolution of these concepts through the history of science. After
a comprehensive overview of the discovery of dynamics, it explores fundamental
issues of the properties of space and time and their relation with the laws of
motion. It also explores the concepts of spatio-temporal locality and fields,
and offers a philosophical discussion of relative motion versus absolute
motion, as well as the concept of an absolute space. Furthermore, it presents
Galilean transformation and the principle of relativity, inadequacy of Galilean
relativity and emergence of the spatial theory of relativity with an emphasis
on physical understanding, as well as the debate over relative motion versus
absolute motion and Mach's principle followed by the principle of equivalence.
The natural follow-on to this section is the physical foundations of general
theory of relativity. Lastly, the book ends with some new issues and
possibilities regarding further modifications of the laws of motion leading to
the solution of a number of fundamental issues closely connected with the
characteristics of the cosmos. It is a valuable resource for undergraduate
students of physics, engineering, mathematics, and related disciplines. It is
also suitable for interdisciplinary coursework and introductory reading outside
the classroom.