The Meaning of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Meaning of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Albert Einstein
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Introduction by Brian Greene
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Series | Princeton Science Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:200 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Relativity physics |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691164083
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Classifications | Dewey:530.11 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
Edition |
5th Revised edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
26 October 2014 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-co
Author Biography
Brian Greene is professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University. He is the author of the best-selling The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos.
Reviews"A condensed unified presentation intended for one who has already gone through a standard text and digested the mechanics of tensor theory and the physical basis of relativity. Einstein's little book then serves as an excellent tying-together of loose ends and as a broad survey of the subject."--Physics Today
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