Relativity
The Special and the General Theory
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Energy, Relativity, Other Sciences, History
| Author: | Roger Penrose, Albert Einstein | ISBN: | 9781101117705 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | August 29, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Dutton | Language: | English |
| Author: | Roger Penrose, Albert Einstein |
| ISBN: | 9781101117705 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | August 29, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Dutton |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
