Author:
Gutfreund, Hanoch, 1935- author.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Imprint2017
Descriptionxiv, 415 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Note:Foreword / Diana Kormos Buchwald -- Preface -- Part I. Preliminaries -- Introduction -- Einstein's first trip to America -- Structure and contents of the meaning of relativity -- Part II. The emerging world of general relativity -- Physics and geometry -- The principles of general relativity -- The first solutions and the challenge of their interpretation -- Einstein and astronomers -- The genesis of relativistic cosmology -- The controversy over gravitational waves -- Philosophical debates on general relativity -- The quest for a unified field theory -- Early monographs on relativity -- Beyond the formative years -- Part III. Einstein's book with the appendixes -- 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: On the "cosmologic problem" -- Appendix II (PUP 4th edition, 1953): Generalization of gravitation theory -- Appendix II (PUP 5th edition, 1956): Relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field -- Part IV. The poular lectures -- Introductory remarks -- Einstein's lectures -- Part V. Biographical notes on the protagonists of the formative years.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
