Minkowski space-time is a single, four-dimensional continuum composed of the three coordinates defining position and a fourth dimension of time. It is a concept developed by German mathematical physicist Hermann Minkowski in 1907, and it provides the...

In physics and mathematics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) is the mathematical setting in which Einstein's theory of special relativity is most conveniently formulated. In this setting the three ordinary dimensions of space are combined with a...

One of the most consistent threads in some 40 years of superb music-making by the Nash Ensemble has been its advocacy of French music; indeed, Ravel's scintillating Introduction and Allegro (1905) has become the signature tune of its artistic director, Amelia Freedman. Here it...

In August 1930 the Polish-Jewish painter Maurycy Minkowski arrived in Buenos Aires for a well-publicized but commercially unsuccessful exhibition of his artworks. Minkowski's exhibition coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, a military uprising, and a roundup of Jewish procurers associated with...