The curious history of relativity : how Einstein's theory of gravity was lost and found again / Jean Eisenstaedt ; translated by Arturo Sangalli.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, c2006.
Descrizione fisica:
ix, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Note:
Tit. orig.: Einstein et la relativité générale : les chemins de l'espace-temps
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword. Introduction: A difficult theory. 1. The speed of light and classical physics 2. Light and the structure of space-time 3. Toward a new theory of gravitation 4. Einstein's principles 5. The birth of general relativity 6. General relativity: a physical geometry 7. Relativity verified: Mercury's anomaly 8. Relativity verified: the deflection of light rays 9. Relativity verified: the line shift 10. The crossing of the desert 11. An unpopular theory 12. The rejection of black holes 13. Paths in Schwarzschild's space-time 14. No ordinary stars 15. Gravitation, astrophysics and cosmology 16. The paths of general relativity. Bibliography. Name index
