The Universe of General Relativity
- ISBN-10
- 0817644547
- ISBN-13
- 9780817644543
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 383
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-09-10
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- A.J. Kox, Jean Eisenstaedt
Description
Outgrowth of 6th Int'l Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002 Contributions from notable experts offer both new and historical insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science Topics run gamet from detailed mathematical discussions to more personal recollections of relativity as seen through the eyes of the public and renowned relativists
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