Screen LibraryThe curious history of relativity：how Einstein's theory of gravity was lost and found again
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Einstein et la relativité générale. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 363 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0691118655 9780691118659 |
| Index Number: | O412 |
| CLC: | O412.1 |
| Call Number: | O412.1/E364 |
| Contents: |
Translation of: Einstein et la relativité générale. Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-360) and index. Introduction : a difficult theory -- The speed of light and classical physics -- Light and the structure of space-time -- Toward a new theory of gravitation -- Einstein's principles -- The birth of general relativity -- General relativity : a physical geometry -- Relativity verified : Mercury's anomaly -- Relativity verified : the deflection of light rays -- Relativity verified : the line shift -- The crossing of the desert -- An unpopular theory -- The rejection of black holes -- Paths in Schwarzschild's space-time -- No ordinary stars -- Gravitation, astrophysics, and cosmology -- The paths of general relativity. |