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From the reviews: This book has a valuable resource for anyone looking to learn about the philosophical issues surrounding space and time. In fact, this is the book that is usually read for classes on the topic. ... The writing is lucid, and he weaves the various topics together very nicely. (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, May, 2014)

From the reviews: This book has a valuable resource for anyone looking to learn about the philosophical issues surrounding space and time. In fact, this is the book that is usually read for classes on the topic. ... The writing is lucid, and he weaves the various topics together very nicely. (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, May, 2014)

From the reviews: This book has a valuable resource for anyone looking to learn about the philosophical issues surrounding space and time. In fact, this is the book that is usually read for classes on the topic. ... The writing is lucid, and he weaves the various topics together very nicely. (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, May, 2014)

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Vesselin Petkov received a graduate degree in physics from Sofia University, a doctorate in philosophy from the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and a doctorate in physics from Concordia University. He taught at Sofia University and is currently teaching at Concordia University. He wrote the book ""Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime"" (Springer 2005) and edited the books ""Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World"" (Springer 2007), and ""Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later"" (Springer, forthcoming). He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Society for the Advanced Study of Spacetime

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