Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy - Max Jammer - Google Books

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The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject of innumerable physical and philosophical studies, the concept of mass has…