Relativity : The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition / Albert Einstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, author.

Contributor:

Gutfreund, Hanoch.

Renn, Jürgen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General relativity (Physics).

Physics--Textbooks.

Physics.

Special relativity (Physics).

Local Subjects:

General relativity (Physics).

Physics--Textbooks.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

100th Anniversary

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. His intention was "to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. In the early 1920s alone, it was translated into ten languages, and fifteen editions in the original German appeared over the course of Einstein's lifetime.This new edition of Einstein's celebrated book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with an introduction and a reading companion by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn that examines the evolution of Einstein's thinking and casts his ideas in a broader present-day context. A special chapter explores the history of and the stories behind the early foreign-language editions in light of the reception of relativity in different countries. This edition also includes a survey of the introductions from those editions, covers from selected early editions, a letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein discussing the book, and a revealing sample from Einstein's handwritten manuscript.Published on the hundredth anniversary of general relativity, this handsome edition of Einstein's famous book places the work in historical and intellectual context while providing invaluable insight into one of the greatest scientific minds of all time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Einstein as a Missionary of Science

Einstein's Booklet: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Preface

Part I. The Special Theory of Relativity

Part II. The General Theory of Relativity

Part III. Considerations on the Universe as a Whole

Appendixes

A Reading Companion

A History and Survey of Foreign-Language Editions

Appended Documents

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

OCLC:

1024052053