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The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation
Harald Fritzsch
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Description for The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation
Paperback. Explains the meaning and far-flung implications of the general theory of relativity and other mysteries of modern physics by presenting a conversation among Newton, Einstein, and a fictitious contemporary particle physicist named Adrian Haller. Translator(s): Heusch, Karin. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
The internationally renowned physicist Harald Fritzsch deftly explains the meaning and far-flung implications of the general theory of relativity and other mysteries of modern physics by presenting an imaginary conversation among Newton, Einstein, and a fictitious contemporary particle physicist named Adrian Haller-the same device Fritzsch employed to great acclaim in his earlier book An Equation That Changed the World, which focused on the special theory of relativity. Einstein's theory of gravitation, his general theory of relativity, touches on basic questions of our existence. Matter, according to Einstein, has no existence independent of space and time. It is even capable ... Read more
The internationally renowned physicist Harald Fritzsch deftly explains the meaning and far-flung implications of the general theory of relativity and other mysteries of modern physics by presenting an imaginary conversation among Newton, Einstein, and a fictitious contemporary particle physicist named Adrian Haller-the same device Fritzsch employed to great acclaim in his earlier book An Equation That Changed the World, which focused on the special theory of relativity. Einstein's theory of gravitation, his general theory of relativity, touches on basic questions of our existence. Matter, according to Einstein, has no existence independent of space and time. It is even capable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231118217
SKU
V9780231118217
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About Harald Fritzsch
Harald Fritzsch holds the chair in theoretical physics at the University of Munich. He is also a regular visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology, the European Center for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center of Stanford University. He is the author of many books that have been translated into English, including The ... Read more
Reviews for The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein, and Gravitation
In his latest book, the renowned German physicist Harold Fritzsch adopts an interesting method of explaining Einstein's relativity theory and its implications. Toronto Globe & Mail Fritzsch'sThe Curvature of Spacetime is a time-travel dialogue set in 1996 between three men: Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein... and an imaginary modern expert, Adrian Haller... As an expository device, the dialogue form is quite ... Read more