The road to relativity : the history and meaning of Einstein's "The foundation of general relativity" featuring the original manuscript of Einstein's masterpiece /
This richly annotated facsimile edition of "The Foundation of General Relativity" introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the eleg...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 语言: | 英语 |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
[2015]
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| 丛编: | EBL-Schweitzer
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| 在线阅读: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1vwmgv8 |
书本目录:
- The charm of a manuscript
- Einstein's intellectual odyssey to general relativity
- The annotated manuscript
- Bibliographical notes to the annotation pages
- Postscript: the drama continues
- A chronology of the genesis of general relativity and its formative years
- Physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers relevant to Einstein's thinking
- Recommended reading
- English translation of Einstein's paper.