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A student's guide to Einstein's major papers / Robert E. Kennedy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Robert E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Einstein, Albert.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Mathematical physics.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- Setting the stage for 1905
- Radiation and the quanta
- The atom and Brownian motion
- The special theory of relativity
- The general theory of relativity
- "Fundamental considerations on the postulate of relativity"
- "Mathematical aids to the formulation of generally covariant equations"
- "Theory of the gravitational field"
- "Material phenomena"
- Einstein and quantum mechanics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199694037
- 0199694036
- OCLC:
- 751832047
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