
The Meaning of Relativity
Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition
Albert Einstein(Author)
Princeton University Press
5th Edition
Published on 21. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-691-12027-0 (ISBN)
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Description
In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper.
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"A condensed unified presentation intended for one who has already gone through a standard text and digested the mechanics of tensor theory and the physical basis of relativity. Einstein's little book then serves as an excellent tying-together of loose ends and as a broad survey of the subject."--Physics TodayMore details
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Edition
Fifth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
6 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Weight
198 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-12027-0 (9780691120270)
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Content
Introduction by Brian Greene vii A Note on the Fifth Edition xxv SPACE AND TIME IN PRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS 1 THE THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY 24 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 55 THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (CONTINUED) 79 APPENDIX FOR THE SECOND EDITION 109 APPENDIX II. RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF THE NON-SYMMETRIC FIELD 133 Index 167