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Relativity : the special & the general theory / Albert Einstein ; with commentaries and background material by Hanoch Gutfreund and J�urgen Renn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019Edition: 100th anniversary edition; First paperback editionDescription: xxii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691191812
Uniform titles:
  • Relativit�atstheorie. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 23 EIR
Summary: After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. This new edition of Einstein's book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with an introduction and a reading companion that examines the evolution of Einstein's thinking and casts his ideas in a broader present-day context. A special chapter explores the history of and the stories behind the early foreign-language editions in light of the reception of relativity in different countries. This edition also includes a survey of the introductions from these editions, covers from selected early editions, a letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein discussing the book, and a revealing sample from Einstein's handwritten manuscript-- From publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index.

After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. This new edition of Einstein's book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with an introduction and a reading companion that examines the evolution of Einstein's thinking and casts his ideas in a broader present-day context. A special chapter explores the history of and the stories behind the early foreign-language editions in light of the reception of relativity in different countries. This edition also includes a survey of the introductions from these editions, covers from selected early editions, a letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein discussing the book, and a revealing sample from Einstein's handwritten manuscript-- From publisher's description.

In English; translated from German.

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