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9780486299983

Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486299983

  • ISBN10:

    0486299988

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-11-18
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Prize-winning exposition of the historical development of the concept of mass rigorously, concisely, and provocatively analyzes such topics as the ancient concept of mass, the neoplatonic concept of inertia, the conceptualization of inertial mass, 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."-American Scientist.

Table of Contents

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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