Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY ALBERT EINSTEIN INTRODUCTION 1 THE CONCEPT OF SPACE IN ANTIQUITY 2 JUDEO-CHRISTIAN IDEAS ABOUT SPACE 3 THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SPACE CONCEPT FROM ARISTOTELIANISM 4 THE CONCEPT OF ABSOLUTE SPACE 5 THE CONCEPT OF SPACE IN MODERN SCIENCE 6 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICAL SPACE INDEX

About the Author

Physicist Max Jammer (1915-2010) was a close colleague of Albert Einstein and a lecturer at Princeton University. He also taught at Harvard University, the University of Oklahoma, and Boston University before establishing the Physics Department at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he also served as Professor, President, and Rector.