The Meaning of Relativity

Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field

Albert Einstein - Collection Princeton Science Library

192 pages, parution le 14/12/2004 (5^eme édition)

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From a review of the 1956 edition:

"[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 ... serves as an excellent tying-together of loose ends and as a broad survey of the subject."

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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-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper.

L'auteur - Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) a établi la théorie du mouvement brownien et le concept de photon. Mais on lui doit surtout la théorie de la relativité et l'équivalence de la masse et de l'énergie E = mc2. Il a reçu le Prix Nobel en 1921

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Introduction by Brian Greene
A note on the fifth edition
Space and time in pre-relativity physics
The theory of special relativity
The general theory of relativity
The general theory of relativity (continued)
Appendix for the second edition
Appendix II. Relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Albert Einstein
Collection	Princeton Science Library
Parution	14/12/2004
Édition	5^eme édition
Nb. de pages	192
Format	12,5 x 20
Couverture	Broché
Poids	185g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691120270
ISBN13	978-0-691-12027-0