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.
By: Gutfreund, Hanoch [author.].
Contributor(s): Renn, Jürgen [author.].
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]Description: xviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691162539 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. English | General relativity (Physics) -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.