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The road to relativity : the history and meaning of Einstein's "The foundation of general relativity" featuring the original manuscript of Einstein's masterpiece / Hanoch Gutfreund & Jürgen Renn.

LIBRA QC173.6 .G88 2015
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
xviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Place of Publication:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Contents:
  • The charm of a manuscript
  • Einstein's intellectual odyssey to general relativity
  • The annotated manuscript
  • Bibliographical notes to the annotation pages
  • Postscript: the drama continues
  • A chronology of the genesis of general relativity and its formative years
  • Physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers relevant to Einstein's thinking
  • Recommended reading
  • English translation of Einstein's paper.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780691162539
  • 0691162530
OCLC:
902852854

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