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Relativity :

0131862618

9780131862616

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Relativity :

[Book]

the special and general theory /

Albert Einstein ; translated by Robert W. Lawson ; introduction by Roger Penrose ; commentary by Robert Geroch with a historical essay by David C. Cassidy.

The masterpiece science ed.

New York :

Pi Press,

©2005.

xxvi, 259 pages :

illustrations ;

22 cm

Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 1920.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index.

Relativity : the special and general theory -- Preface -- Part I: The special theory of relativity. Physical meaning of geometrical proportions ; The system of co-ordinates ; Space and time in classical mechanics ; The Galilean system of co-ordinates ; The principle of relativity (in the restricted sense) ; The theorem of the addition of velocities employed in classical mechanics ; The apparent incompatibility of the law of propagination of light with the principle of relativity ; On the idea of time in physics ; The relativity of simultaneity ; On the relativity of the conception of distance ; The Lorentz transformation ; The behaviour of measuring-rods and clocks in motion ; Theorem of the addition of velocities. The experiment of Fizeau ; The heuristic value of the theory of relativity ; General results of the theory ; Experience and the special theory of relativity ; Minkowski's four-dimensional space -- Part II: The general theory of relativity. Special and general principle of relativity ; The gravitational field ; The equality of inertial and gravitational mass as an argument for the general postulate of relativity ; In what respects are the foundations of classical mechanics and of the special theory of relativity unsatisfactory? ; A few inferences from the general principle of relativity ; Behaviour of clocks and measuring-rods on a rotating body of reference ; Euclidean and non-Euclidean continuum ; Gaussian co-ordinates ; The space-time continuum of the special theory of relativity considered as a Euclidean continuum ; The space-time continuum of the general theory of relativity is not a Euclidean continuum ; Exact formulation of the general principle of relativity ; The solution of the problem of gravitation on the basis of the general principle of relativity -- Part III: Considerations on the universe as a whole. Cosmological difficulties of Newton's theory ; The possibility of a "finite" and yet "unbounded" universe ; The structure of space according to the general theory of relativity -- Appendixes. 1. Simple derivation of the Lorentz transformation ; 2. Minkowski's four-dimensional space ("World") ; 3. The experimental confirmation of the general theory of relativity -- Commentary / by Robert Geroch. Preface ; The principle of relativity ; The propagation of light ; Relativity and intuition ; Length ; The conversion of energy to mass ; Space-time ; Inertial and gravitational mass ; The rotating disk ; Space-time and general relativity ; Special relativity and general relativity ; Cosmology -- The cultural legacy of relativity theory / by David C. Cassidy.

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Robert Geroch builds on Einstein's work with commentary that addresses the ideas at the heart of the theory, bringing a modern understanding of relativity to the text. He elucidates how special relativity is a reconciliation of the contradictions between the nature of light and the principle of relativity; he expands on Einstein's treatment of the geometry of space-time and the fundamental notion of an "event"; he explains in detail, but without technical language, the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, a cornerstone of general relativity.

Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie.

English

Relativity (Physics)

Relativitätstheorie, Einführung.

Relativity (Physics)

Einstein, Albert,1879-1955.

Cassidy, David C.,1945-

Geroch, Robert.

Lawson, Robert W.

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