Professor
David Baruch Malament
University of California, Irvine
Philosopher; Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Philosophy
Elected
1992
Interested in the mathematical and philosophical foundations of modern physics. He has done some work on classical equilibrium statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics. But most of his work has dealt with problems of spacetime structure and the foundations of relativity theory. Topics have included (1) the casual structure of spacetime; (ii) the relation of relativity theory to Newtonian gravitation theory; (iii) Gdel''s model of spacetime structure; and (iv) rotation in relativity theory.
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