Einstein's Theory of Relativity Rev Edition Contributor(s): Born, Max (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486607690 ISBN-13: 9780486607696 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1962 Annotation: This excellent, semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, and more) and coverage of Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, discussing the concept of simultaneity, kinematics, Einstein's mechanics and dynamics, and more. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Relativity - Science | Physics - General |
Dewey: 530.11 |
LCCN: 65001214 |
Series: Dover Books on Physics |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.00 lbs) 400 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born is a Nobel Laureate (1955) and one of the world's great physicists: in this book he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian relativity. The result is undoubtedly the most lucid and insightful of all the books that have been written to explain the revolutionary theory that marked the end of the classical and the beginning of the modern era of physics. |