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The meaning of relativity

Albert Einstein ; translated by Edwin Plimpton Adams ; with appendix I translated by Ernst G. Straus ; with appendix II translated by Sonja Bargmann

(Routledge classics)

Routledge, 2003

[6th rev. ed]

  • : pbk

Other Title

Vier Vorlesungen uber Relativitatstheorie

Uniform Title

Relativitätstheorie

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Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The world would be a very different place if it were not for Albert Einstein. Like Newton and Galileo before him, this remarkable scientist changed forever mankind's understanding of the universe. In 1921, five years after proclaiming his general theory of relativity, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in recognition of his remarkable achievements. In the same year he travelled to the United States to give four lectures that consolidated his theory and sought to explain its meaning to a new audience. These lectures were published the following year as The Meaning of Relativity, which he revised with each new edition until his death. It remains a key work for anyone wishing to discover at first hand the workings of one of the most inspiring minds of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics. The Theory of Special Relativity. The General Theory of Relativity. Appendix I On the 'Cosmologic Problem'. Appendix II Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field. Index

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  • NCID
    BA6375303X
  • ISBN
    • 9780415285889
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    177 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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