Relativity: The Special and the General Theory |
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| Authors: | Penrose, Roger & Einstein, Albert |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | SCI034000, SCI061000, SCI024000 |
| ISBN: | 9781101117705, Related ISBNs: 0131862618, 0452287847, 1101117702, 9780131862616, 9780452287846 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 288, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: Robert Geroch builds on Einstein's work with commentary that addresses the ideas at the heart of the theory, bringing a modern understanding of relativity to the text. He elucidates how special relativity is a reconciliation of the contradictions between the nature of light and the principle of relativity; he expands on Einstein's treatment of the geometry of space-time and the fundamental notion of an "event"; he explains in detail, but without technical language, the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, a cornerstone of general relativity.
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