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How Einstein created relativity out of physics and astronomy /
The goal of this book is to track the history of the theory of relativity through Einstein's life, with in-depth studies of the background, tracing ideas through earlier scientists.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Astrophysics and space science library ;
394. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Genesis: Riding a Beam of Light
- Galileo Discovers Inertia & the Relativity of Motion
- Einstein's First Famous Thought Experiment
- Einstein: From Zürich to Bern & the Annus Mirabilis
- Converge, Convert, & Conserve: Physics Before Einstein
- Part 2. Special Relativity
- Einstein 1905: The Theory of Relativity Is Born
- The Michelson-Morley Muddle
- What Does the Theory Predict?
- From Railroad Time to Space-Time
- 1911: The Paradox About Time
- Is the Theory True Today?
- Part 3. General Relativity
- Galileo Discovers How Bodies Fall
- 1907: Einstein's Second Famous Thought Experiment
- Enter, Mach's Principle; or, Seduced by an Idea
- Einstein's Epic Intellectual Journey: 1907 to 1915
- 1916: The Great Summation Paper on General Relativity
- 1920: Year of Fame, Year of Infamy
- 1922: What is Time? Bergson Versus Einstein ... and The Prize
- 1931: Einstein's First Visit to Caltech
- Is the Theory True Today?
- Part 4. Cosmology
- Cosmological Conundrums and Discoveries Since Newton
- Einstein 1917: Modern Cosmology Is Born
- Three Challenges to Einstein's Cosmic Model
- 1931: Caltech, Again; Einstein Meets Hubble
- Cosmology Since 1931: Highlights and Episodes
- Part 5. Exodus: Quest for a Unified Field Theory
- Roots of, and Routes Toward, Unification
- 1931: Caltech, Once More
- Exit, Mach; or, the Perils of Positivism
- The Quest ... and the Quarrel Over Quanta
- Legacy: From Pariah to Posthumous Prophet.