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Relativity : the Special & the General Theory /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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[Princeton] :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Edición: | 100th Anniversary edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
- The System of Co- ordinates
- Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
- The Galileian 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 Propagation 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 the 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
- 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
- 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.