The curious history of relativity : how Einstein's theory of gravity was lost and found again /
"Almost one hundred years after general relativity replaced Newton's theory of gravitation, The Curious History of Relativity tells the story of the events surrounding general relativity and the techniques employed by Einstein and the relativists to construct, develop, and understand his a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2006.
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| Series: | CNRS editions ;
15. CNRS histoire des sciences ; 15. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Almost one hundred years after general relativity replaced Newton's theory of gravitation, The Curious History of Relativity tells the story of the events surrounding general relativity and the techniques employed by Einstein and the relativists to construct, develop, and understand his almost impenetrable theory. Jean Eisenstaedt, one of the world's leading experts on the subject, also discusses the theory's place in the evolution of twentieth-century physics. He describes the main stages in the development of general relativity: its beginnings, its strange crossing of the desert during Einstein's lifetime while under heated criticism, and its new life from the 1960s on, when it became vital to the understanding of black holes and the observation of exotic objects, and, eventually, to the discovery of the accelerating universe."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Einstein et la relativité générale. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 363 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691186757 0691186758 |
