A Helmholtzian approach to space and time
Abstract: A slight modification of Helmholtz’s metrical approach to the foundations of geometry leads to the locally Euclidian character of space without restriction of the curvature. A bolder generalization involving time measurement leads to the locally Minkowskian character of spacetime. Some phi...
| Published in: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 528 - 543 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Sep2007
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