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9780486406763

Relativity and Its Roots

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486406763

  • ISBN10:

    0486406768

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-12-23
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

Using simple examples from everyday life, an Einstein scholar offers entertaining, nontechnical demonstrations of the meaning of relativity theory. Starting with the geometrical and cosmological ideas of the ancient Greeks, the author traces the theory's development from its basis in work by Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, and other scientists. Easily understood analogies and numerous instructive diagrams make this volume ideal for those with no math or science background. 1983 edition. Index.

Author Biography

Banesh Hoffmann (1906-86) received his PhD from Princeton University. At Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, he collaborated with Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld on the classic paper "Gravitational Equations and the Problem of Motion." Hoffmann taught at Queens College for more than 40 years.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 A Hint of What Is to Come
CHAPTER 2 The Path to Newton
CHAPTER 3 Newtonian Relativity
CHAPTER 4 The Optical Threat to Relativity
CHAPTER 5 The Special Theory of Relativity
CHAPTER 6 The General Theory of Relativity
INDEX

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