Was Einstein Right?: Putting General Relativity to the Test
- ISBN-10
- 0465090877
- ISBN-13
- 9780465090877
- Category
- Astrophysics
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988-06-01
- Publisher
- Basic Books (AZ)
- Author
- Clifford M. Will
Description
First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einstein's theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accomodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the "fifth force."
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- 1993-06-02
- 304 pages
- Paperback
- Basic Books
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