Enrahonar 15, 1989, 39-59 El tiempo en la física: de Newton a Einstein Manuel García Doncel Seminari d'Histbria de les Cikncies, U.A.B ABSTRACT (The Concept of Time in Physics, fronz Einstein to Newton) The author gives a detailed account of the concept of...
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Enrahonar 15, 1989, 39-59 El tiempo en la física: de Newton a Einstein Manuel García Doncel Seminari d'Histbria de les Cikncies, U.A.B ABSTRACT (The Concept of Time in Physics, fronz Einstein to Newton) The author gives a detailed account of the concept of time and the different forms of measuring it throughout the history of mo- dern physics (although he sets its precedents as far back as Aristo- tle): Galileo and Kepler, Newton and his concept of absolute time, the idealism of Kant and its influence on physics, the expe- riments of Faraday and Maxwell, Mach's criticism of Newton's mechanicism and his idea of absolute time, and, finally, Einstein's concept of time within the limits of the theory of relativity. The author concludes his account with an epilogue on the real and ideal forms of time, in which he defends its character of rational cons- truct based upon an experimental foundation. 1. Precedentes: tiempo vulgar, tiempo filosófico y tiempo cinemática El concepto de tiempo físi
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