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Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Writings on Space, Time and Motion

Name: Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Writings on Space, Time and Motion
Author: Hans Reichenbach
ISBN: 9780521371162

by Hans Reichenbach

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Overview

Hans Reichenbach, a philosopher of science who was one of five students in Einstein's first seminar on the general theory of relativity, became Einstein's bulldog, defending the theory against criticism from philosophers, physicists, and popular commentators. This book chronicles the development of Reichenbach's reconstruction of Einstein's theory in a way that clearly sets out all of its philosophical commitments and physical predictions as well as the battles that Reichenbach fought on its behalf, in both the academic and popular press.

About the Author, Hans Reichenbach

Steven Gimbel is associate professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, where he was named Luther W. and Bernice L. Thompson Distinguished Teacher in 2005. He has contributed to Philosophy of Science, British Journal of Philosophy of Science, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics.

Anke Walz is assistant professor of mathematics at Kutztown University. Her work on the bellow's conjecture relating to flexible polyhedral with R. Connely and I. Sabitov has appeared in Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie and has received coverage in Science and Scientific American.