The Curious History of Relativity : How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again /

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Black holes may obliterate most things that come near them, but they saved the theory of general relativity. Einstein's theory was quickly accepted as the true theory of gravity after its publication in 1915, but soon took a back seat in physics to quantum mechanics and languished for decades o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eisenstaedt, Jean (Autor)
Otros Autores: Damour, Thibault (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Temas:
General relativity (Physics).
Space and time.
SCIENCE / History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. A Difficult Theory
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Speed of Light and Classical Physics
  • CHAPTER TWO. Light and the Structure of Space-Time
  • CHAPTER THREE. Toward a New Theory of Gravitation
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Einstein's Principles
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Birth of General Relativity
  • CHAPTER SIX. General Relativity: A Physical Geometry
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Relativity Verified: Mercury's Anomaly
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Relativity Verified: The Deflection of Light Rays
  • CHAPTER NINE. Relativity Verified: The Line Shift
  • CHAPTER TEN. The Crossing of the Desert
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Unpopular Theory
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. The Rejection of Black Holes
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Paths in Schwarzschild's Space-Time
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. No Ordinary Stars
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology
  • AFTERWORD. The Paths of General Relativity
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index

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