Описание: Introduction
Chapter One: A Critique of Minkowski Spacetime
Part I: The Concept of Minkowski Spacetime
Chapter Two Minkowskis Space and Time
2.1 Minkowski and Gцttingen Science
2.2 Space and Time, Sections I and II
2.3 Space and Time, Section III
2.4 Space and Time, Section IV
Chapter Three Special Relativity and Spacetime
3.1 The Concept of a Continuum
3.2 The Geometry of Spacetime Graphs and Images
3.3 The Role of Invariance in Special Relativity
3.3.1 Invariance and Frame-Independence
3.3.2 Invariance and the Clock Paradox
3.4 Transition to Part II: Conceptual Difficulties of Minkowski Spacetime and the Need for a Historical Approach
Part II: The Symbolic-Algebraic Constitution of the Concept of Spacetime
Introduction to Part II The Concept of a Sense-History
Chapter Four The Historical Sense-Structure of Symbolic Algebra
4.1 The Concept of Number in Greek Mathematics
4.1.1 Arithmetical Operations in Euclid
4.1.2 The Concept of Ratio in Euclid
4.1.3 Arithmetic and Geometry in Euclid
4.2 Algebraic Equations in Greek Mathematics: Diophantus of Alexandria
4.2.1 The Concept of Number in Diophantus
4.2.2 Algebraic Calculations with Species
3.3 Modern Symbolic Algebra
4.3.1 Vietas Reinterpretation of Diophantine Species
4.3.2 Vietas Law of Homogeneity and the Symbolic Concept of Number
4.3.3 Vietas Algebra as Mathesis Universalis
