Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index.
On the impossibility of detecting uniform motion -- Exploring the internal logic of Galileo's principle of relativity -- Relativity in Euclidean space and in spacetime -- Relativity and the dimensionality of the world : spacetime is real -- Quantum mechanics and the nature of spacetime -- The nature of spacetime and validity of scientific theories -- Propagation of light in non-inertial reference frames -- Calculating the electric field of a charge in a non-inertial reference frame -- Inertia as a manifestation of the reality of spacetime -- Classical electromagnetic mass theory and the arguments against it -- Calculation of the self-force.