Einstein's Jury : The Race to Test Relativity /

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Einstein's Jury is the dramatic story of how astronomers in Germany, England, and America competed to test Einstein's developing theory of relativity. Weaving a rich narrative based on extensive archival research, Jeffrey Crelinsten shows how these early scientific debates shaped cultural...

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Autor principal: Crelinsten, Jeffrey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955.
Relativity (Physics)
Physics.
Astrophysics.
Astronomy.
SCIENCE > Physics > Relativity.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Astronomie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Physique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Astrophysique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Relativite (Physique)
Astronomy > History > 20th century.
Physics > History > 20th century.
Astrophysics > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Einstein and the world community of physicists and astronomers
  • Astronomers and special relativity : the first publications
  • The early involvement : 1911
  • 1914
  • The war period : 1914
  • 1918
  • 1919 : a year of dramatic announcement
  • Men of science agog
  • Tackling the solar redshift problem
  • More eclipse testing
  • Emergence of the critics
  • The debate intensifies
  • Relativity triumphs
  • Silencing the critics
  • The emergence of relativistic cosmology.

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