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The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity
. Ed(S): Goenner, Hubert; Renn, Jurgen; Ritter, Jim; Sauer, Tilman
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hardcover. The history of Einstein's theory of general relativity and its role in modern cosmology have presented a challenge to historians and philosophers of science for a long time. This volume features a selection of current investigations in the field, all by leading experts therein. Editor(s): Goenner, Hubert; Renn, Jurgen; Ritter, Jim; Sauer, Tilman. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 527 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 917.
The past decade has seen a considerable surge of interest in historical and philo sophical studies of gravitation and relativity, due not only to the tremendous amount of world-wide research in general relativity and its theoretical and observational consequences, but also to an increasing awareness that a collaboration between working scientists, historians and philosophers of science is, in this field, partic ularly promising for all participants. The expanding activity in this field is well documented by recent volumes in this Einstein Studies series on the History of General Relativity as well as by a series of international conferences on this ... Read more
The past decade has seen a considerable surge of interest in historical and philo sophical studies of gravitation and relativity, due not only to the tremendous amount of world-wide research in general relativity and its theoretical and observational consequences, but also to an increasing awareness that a collaboration between working scientists, historians and philosophers of science is, in this field, partic ularly promising for all participants. The expanding activity in this field is well documented by recent volumes in this Einstein Studies series on the History of General Relativity as well as by a series of international conferences on this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Number of pages
527
Condition
New
Series
Einstein Studies
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9780817640606
SKU
V9780817640606
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