Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime (Hardcover, 2, 2009)

Introduction. - On the Impossibility of Detecting Uniform Motion. - Exploring the Internal Logic of Galileo's Principle of Relativity. - Relativity in Euclidean Space and in Spacetime. - Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World: Spacetime Is Real. - Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Spacetime. - The Nature of Spacetime and the Validity of Scientific Theories. - Propagation of Light in Non-inertial Reference Frames. - Calculating the Electric Field of a Charge in a Non-inertial Reference Frame. - Inertia as a Manifestation of the Reality of Spacetime. - Appendices. - References. - Index.