The Meaning of Relativity

Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition

Albert Einstein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2014 | 5th Revised edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-16408-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Brian Greene is professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University. He is the author of the best-selling The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.10.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Science Library
Einführung	Brian Greene
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	170 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
ISBN-10	0-691-16408-8 / 0691164088
ISBN-13	978-0-691-16408-3 / 9780691164083
Zustand	Neuware