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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition
Albert Einstein
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Description for Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 492.
After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. His intention was "to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. In the early 1920s alone, it was translated into ten languages, and fifteen editions in ... Read more
After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. His intention was "to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. In the early 1920s alone, it was translated into ten languages, and fifteen editions in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691166339
SKU
V9780691166339
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About Albert Einstein
Hanoch Gutfreund is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is also the academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives. He lives in Jerusalem. Jurgen Renn is a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His books include The Genesis of General Relativity. He lives in Berlin.
Reviews for Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition
One of Symmetry magazine's Physics Books of 2015 "I can still see some fugitive magic in Relativity ... it conjures Einstein as the oracle presenting a theory to the world
one of the most revolutionary and profound theories of all time."
Pedro Ferreira, Nature "Nobody is better at explaining relativity than Einstein himself; his account provides a combination of depth and clarity ... Read more
one of the most revolutionary and profound theories of all time."
Pedro Ferreira, Nature "Nobody is better at explaining relativity than Einstein himself; his account provides a combination of depth and clarity ... Read more