The meaning of relativity : including the relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field

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The meaning of relativity : including the relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field

by Albert Einstein ; with an introduction by Brian Greene

(Princeton science library)

Princeton University Press, 2014

New Princeton science library ed

  • : pbk.

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First Princeton science library edition, 1988

Includes index

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Description

In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Brian Greene vii A Note on the Fifth Edition xxv SPACE AND TIME IN PRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS 1 THE THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY 24 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 55 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (CONTINUED) 79 APPENDIX FOR THE SECOND EDITION 109 APPENDIX II. RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF THE NON-SYMMETRIC FIELD 133 Index 167

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  • NCID
    BB20017845
  • ISBN
    • 9780691164083
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Princeton
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 166 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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