Relativity (eBook)

The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition

Albert Einstein (Autor)

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2019
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19358-8 (ISBN)

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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. Jürgen Renn is a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His books include The Genesis of General Relativity.

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A handsome annotated edition of Einstein's celebrated book on relativityAfter completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote Relativity. Intended for a popular audience, the book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. This edition of Einstein's celebrated book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with commentaries by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jurgen Renn that examine the evolution of Einstein's thinking and cast his ideas in a modern context. Providing invaluable insight into one of the greatest scientific minds of all time, the book also includes a unique survey of the introductions from past editions, covers from selected early editions, a letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein discussing the book, and a revealing sample from Einstein's original handwritten manuscript.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2019
• Mitarbeit: Kommentare: Hanoch Gutfreund, Jurgen Renn
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: acceleration • action at a distance • Albert Einstein Archives • Alhazen • Arthur Eddington • Astronomer • Astronomical Object • Astronomy • Axiom • Bernhard Riemann • Calculation • Cartesian coordinate system • centrifugal force • circumference • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Classical physics • clock • conservation law • coordinate system • cosmological constant • Dimension • Distance • Electromagnetic field • electromagnetism • Elegance • Equation • Equivalence Principle • Euclidean Geometry • exoplanet • four-dimensional space • General relativity • Geometry • Gravitational Field • gravitational potential • Gravitational redshift • Gravity • hypothesis • kinetic energy • Lecture • Lorentz transformation • Ludwig Boltzmann • Magnetic field • Mass • mass–energy equivalence • mathematician • Mathematics • Measurement • Mechanics • Mercury (planet) • Michelson–Morley experiment • Minkowski space • Modern Physics • Monograph • Moritz Schlick • Newton's law of universal gravitation • Newton's laws of motion • Non-Euclidean geometry • nuclear physics • Orbit • Parabola • Perihelion and aphelion • phenomenon • physical body • Physical law • physicist • Prediction • Princeton University Press • Principle of Relativity • Publication • public lecture • Pythagorean Theorem • Quantity • Ray (optics) • relative velocity • Relativity of simultaneity • Requirement • rigid body • Science • scientific theory • Scientist • Simultaneity • Solar eclipse • Special relativity • Spectral line • Speed of Light • Sphere • Suggestion • Tests of general relativity • Theorem • theoretical physics • theory • Theory of relativity • Thought • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • Time in physics • two-dimensional space • Vacuum • Variable (mathematics) • Velocity
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19358-4 / 0691193584
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19358-8 / 9780691193588