Albert Einstein

Relativity (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Time's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned founder of modern physics. His theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory which has shaped the world we live in today. Unsurpassed by any subsequent books on relativity, this remains the most popular and useful exposition of Einstein's immense contribution to human knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134522521
• Artikelnr.: 38256555

Autorenporträt

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Born in Switzerland, died in the USA. Brilliant physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1921, the same year he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Special Theory of Relativity
Chapter 1 Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
Chapter 2 The System of Co-ordinates
Chapter 3 Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
Chapter 4 The Galileian System of Co-ordinates
Chapter 5 The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)
Chapter 6 The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics
Chapter 7 The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity
Chapter 8 On the Idea of Time in Physics
Chapter 9 The Relativity of Simultaneity
Chapter 10 On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
Chapter 11 The Lorentz Transformation
Chapter 12 The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion
Chapter 13 Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
Chapter 14 The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
Chapter 15 General Results of the Theory
Chapter 16 Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
Chapter 17 Minkowski's Four-dimensional Space
Part 2 The General Theory of Relativity
Chapter 18 Special and General Principle of Relativity
Chapter 19 The Gravitational Field
Chapter 20 The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity
Chapter 21 In What Respects are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?
Chapter 22 A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity
Chapter 23 Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on A Rotating Body of Reference
Chapter 24 Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum
Chapter 25 Gaussian Co-ordinates
Chapter 26 The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum
Chapter 27 The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is Not a Euclidean Continuum
Chapter 28 Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
Chapter 29 The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity
Part 3 Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
Chapter 30 Cosmological Difficulties of Newton's Theory
Chapter 31 The Possibility of a "Finite'' and Yet "Unbounded" Universe
Chapter 32 The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity