TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eisenstaedt,Jean
TI  - The curious history of relativity: how Einstein's theory of gravity was lost and found again 
SN  - 9780691118659 (hbk.)
AV  - QC173.6 .E4213 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Einstein, Albert,
KW  - General relativity (Physics)
KW  - Space and time
KW  - Algemene relativiteitstheorie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Wetenschapsdynamica
KW  - History of science - Nuclear physics - 20th century
N1  - Translation of: Einstein et la relativité générale; Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-360) and index; Foreword --; Introduction : a difficult theory --; 1. The; speed of light and classical physics --; 2; Light and the structure of space-time --; 3; Toward a new theory of gravitation --; 4; Einstein's principles --; 5. The; birth of general relativity --; 6; General relativity : a physical geometry --; 7; Relativity verified : Mercury's anomaly --; 8; Relativity verified : the deflection of light rays --; 9; Relativity verified : the line shift --; 10. The; crossing of the desert --; 11. An; unpopular theory --; 12. The; rejection of black holes --; 13; Paths in Schwarzschild's space-time --; 14; No ordinary stars --; 15; Gravitation, astrophysics, and cosmology --; Afterword : The paths of general relativity --; Bibliography --; Name index
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