The road to relativity : the history and meaning of Einstein's "The foundation of general relativity" featuring the original manuscript of Einstein's masterpiece / Hanoch Gutfreund & Jürgen Renn.

Author: Gutfreund, Hanoch, 1935- author.

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Descriptionxviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Note:The charm of a manuscript -- Einstein's intellectual odyssey to general relativity -- The annotated manuscript -- Bibliographical notes to the annotation pages -- Postscript: the drama continues -- A chronology of the genesis of general relativity and its formative years -- Physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers relevant to Einstein's thinking -- Recommended reading -- English translation of Einstein's paper.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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