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Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics
by Max Jammer
Prize-winning exposition of the historical development of the concept of mass analyzes such topics as the ancient concept of mass, the neoplatonic concept of inertia, conceptualization of inertial mass, modern concept of mass, mass and energy, concept of mass in quantum mechanics and field theory, and much more. 1964 edition.
Table of Contents for Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics
| 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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