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General Relativity in the Making: Einstein's Zurich Notebook, Commentary and Essays

General Relativity in the Making: Einstein's Zurich Notebook, Commentary and Essaysaf Michel Janssen
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This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It comprises key sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th to the early 20th century contributed to this monumental development. Some of these sources are presented here in translation for the first time. Einstein¿s famous Zurich notebook, which documents the pivotal steps toward general relativity, is reproduced here for the first time and transcribed in its entirety. The volumes offer detailed commentaries and analyses of these sources that are based on a close reading of these documents supplemented by interpretations by the leading historians of relativity. All in all, the facets of this work, based on more than a decade of research, combine to constitute one of the most in-depth studies of a scientific revolution ever written. TOC:Commentary on the Zurich Notebook What was Einstein¿s "Fateful Prejudice"? (John Norton) What Did Einstein Know and When Did He Know It? A Besso Memo Dated August 1913 (Michel Janssen) Untying the Knot: How Einstein Found His Way Back to Field Equations Discarded in the Zurich Notebook (Jürgen Renn and Michel Janssen) Index

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781402039423
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 430
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. juli 2006
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It comprises key sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th to the early 20th century contributed to this monumental development. Some of these sources are presented here in translation for the first time. Einstein¿s famous Zurich notebook, which documents the pivotal steps toward general relativity, is reproduced here for the first time and transcribed in its entirety. The volumes offer detailed commentaries and analyses of these sources that are based on a close reading of these documents supplemented by interpretations by the leading historians of relativity. All in all, the facets of this work, based on more than a decade of research, combine to constitute one of the most in-depth studies of a scientific revolution ever written.

TOC:Commentary on the Zurich Notebook
What was Einstein¿s "Fateful Prejudice"? (John Norton)
What Did Einstein Know and When Did He Know It?
A Besso Memo Dated August 1913 (Michel Janssen)
Untying the Knot: How Einstein Found His Way Back to Field Equations Discarded in the Zurich Notebook
(Jürgen Renn and Michel Janssen)
Index

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