Gravity's century : from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes / Ron Cowen.
Gravity's century : from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes / Ron Cowen.
Gravity's century : from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes / Ron Cowen.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/2623
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English
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viii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Genesis -- Deeper dive: Space and time, a perfect union -- Deeper dive: Testing the equivalence principle before Einstein -- 2. From turmoil to triumph -- Deeper dive: Riemann's work and the metric tensor -- Deeper dive: The meaning of Einstein's equation -- 3. Eddington on a mis...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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An account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory. Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May...
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Gravity's century : from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes / Ron Cowen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/2623
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74VKVxPvadxb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxPvadxb
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0674974964 hardcover
9780674974968 hardcover
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530.11
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991024244815702626
