Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Physics - Relativity

James Clerk Maxwell turned the scientific world upside down in the late nineteenth century with his theory of electromagnetism, which predicted that an electromagnetic wave would propagate in vacuum with a constant speed.

His prediction was at odds with classical mechanics, and some scientists devised new ideas to reconcile the discrepancy. One of them was Albert Einstein, who proposed the theory of relativity in the early twentieth century, which became a pillar of science.

The equation E = mc2 sparked a revolution of perspective-resulting in the perspective of absolute...

Dieses Buch gibt eine Einfuhrung in die Allgemeine Relativitatstheorie, also in Einsteins relativistische Theorie der Gravitation. Zu den behandelten Anwendungen der Theorie gehoren Experimente im Sonnensystem, Gravitationswellen, Sterne und der Kosmos.

Die Darstellung bewegt sich auf dem Niveau einer Kursvorlesung in Theoretischer Physik, also auf einem fur das Thema eher einfachen Niveau. Seit der 5. Auflage sind Musterlosungen fur die uber 40 gestellten Aufgaben enthalten.

In der vorliegenden 6. Auflage wird die Behandlung der Schwarzen Locher erweitert, insbesondere wird in...

This richly annotated facsimile edition of "The Foundation of General Relativity" introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the elegance and precision of Einstein's thought. Presented here is a beautiful facsimile of Einstein's original handwritten manuscript, along with its English translation and an insightful page-by-page commentary that places the work in historical and scientific context. Hanoch Gutfreund and Jurgen Renn's concise...

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was a prominent English mathematician and philosopher who co-authored the highly influential Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell. Originally published in 1922, this book forms the follow-up volume to "The Principles of Natural Knowledge" (1919) and "The Concept of Nature" (1920). In it, Whitehead puts forward an alternative theory of relativity, one which goes against the heterogeneity of Einstein's later theories in deducing that 'our experience requires and exhibits a basis in uniformity'. The text is divided into three parts - 'General...