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Relativity
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Albert Einstein |
The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are intereste… |
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A stubbornly persistent illusion
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Albert Einstein |
Brings together a compilation of the most important works by Albert Einstein, presenting his papers on the Theory of Relativity, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, the photoelectric effect, and o… |
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The evolution of physics
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Albert Einstein |
The book is a simple chat between you and us. You may find it boring or interesting, dull or exciting, but our aim will be accomplished if these pages give you some idea of the eternal struggle of t… |
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Out of my later years
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Albert Einstein |
Albert Einstein, among the greatest scientists of all time, was also a man of profound thought and deeply humane feelings. His collected essays offer a fascinating and moving look at one of the twent… |
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L' espace et le temps
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Emile Borel |
After an introduction tracing the transformation of mathematico-physical thought from Newton and Poincare to Einstein, the book covers geometry and the shape of the earth, space and time in astronomy… |
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Black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology
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Martin J. Rees |
This volume first appeared in the English and Russian editions in 1974 as an introduction for new graduate students, to the rapidly developing field of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. Some o… |
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The Hidden Reality
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Brian Greene |
From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most expansive and accessible book to date—a book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only uni… |
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Physics of relativistic objects in compact binaries
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Monica Colpi |
This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative and timely review of the astrophysical approach to the investigation of gravity theories. Particular attention is paid to strong-field tests of gener… |
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Quantum non-locality and relativity
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Tim Maudlin |
"Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity is recognized as the premier philosophical study of Bell's Theorem and its implication for the relativistic account of space and time. Previous editions have been… |
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An illustrated guide to relativity
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Tatsu Takeuchi |
Presents a step-by-step explanation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity through a series of diagrams rather than equations. |
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Albert Einstein and relativity for kids
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Jerome Pohlen |
"Best known for his general theory of relativity and the famous equation linking mass and energy, E = mc², Albert Einstein had a lasting impact on the world of science, the extent of which is illumin… |
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Quantum Reality, Relativistic Causality, and Closing the Epistemic Circle
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Wayne C. Myrvold |
"In July 2006, a major international conference was held at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada, to celebrate the career and work of a remarkable man of letters. Abner Shimony, wh… |
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The Great Beyond
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Paul Halpern |
The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structur… |
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Simply Einstein
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Richard Wolfson |
"In clear, understandable terms, physicist Richard Wolfson explores the ideas at the heart of relativity and shows how they lead to such seeming absurdities as time travel, curved space, black holes,… |
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Black Hole Gravitohydromagnetics
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Brian Punsly |
Black hole gravitohydromagnetics (GHM) is developed from the rudiments to the frontiers of research in this book. GHM describes plasma interactions that combine the effects of gravity and a strong ma… |
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Consistent Classical Supergravity Theories
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Martin Müller |
Supergravity can be seen as an intermediate step between general relativity and a future quantum theory of gravity. For the reader familiar with the basic concepts, this volume gives a concise presen… |
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The dynamics of inhomogeneous cosmologies
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Woei Chet Lim |
In this thesis we investigate cosmological models more general than the isotropic and homogeneous Friedmann-Lemaître models. We focus on cosmologies with one spatial degree of freedom, whose matter c… |
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General relativity for babies
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Chris Ferrie |
1 volume (unpaged) : 21 cm |
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The young Einstein
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Lewis Pyenson |
A detailed account of Einstein's childhood and formative years focuses on the intellectual climate of Germany where, before 1919, his trailblazing work on the special and general theories of relativi… |
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Everything is relative
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Jean-Pierre Petit |
The curious Archibald Higgins investigates the theory of relativity. |
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