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Physics in My Generation
Max Born
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Description for Physics in My Generation
Paperback. Series: Heidelberg Science Library. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
THE idea of collecting these essays occurred to me when, in the leisure of retire ment, I scanned some of my own books and found that two of the more widely read show a startling change of attitude to some of the fundamental concepts of science. These are Einstein's Theory of Relativity of 1921 and the American edition of The Restless Universe of 1951. I have taken the introduction of as the former the first item of this collection, the postscript to the latter as its last. These books agree in the relativistic concept of space and time, but differ ... Read more
THE idea of collecting these essays occurred to me when, in the leisure of retire ment, I scanned some of my own books and found that two of the more widely read show a startling change of attitude to some of the fundamental concepts of science. These are Einstein's Theory of Relativity of 1921 and the American edition of The Restless Universe of 1951. I have taken the introduction of as the former the first item of this collection, the postscript to the latter as its last. These books agree in the relativistic concept of space and time, but differ ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Series
Heidelberg Science Library
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340169636
SKU
V9780340169636
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