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The curious history of relativity : how Einstein's theory of gravity was lost and found again / Jean Eisenstaedt ; translated by Arturo Sangalli.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: ix, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691118659 (hbk.)
  • 0691118655 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Einstein et la relativité générale. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC173.6 .E4213 2006
Other classification:
  • 02.01
  • 33.01
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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