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Introduction to the Theory of Relativity
Peter Gabriel Bergmann
Paperback - $45.95
Comprehensive coverage of special theory (frames of reference, Lorentz transformation, more), general theory (principle of equivalence, more) and unified theory (Weyl's gauge-invariant geometry, more.) Foreword by Albert Einstein.
The Riddle of Gravitation : Revised and Updated Edition
Peter Gabriel Bergmann
Paperback - $19.95
Nonmathematical introduction to conceptual foundations of both Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravity features updated material on gravity waves, singularities, and other current topics. 88 illustrations. 1968 edition.
Topological Properties and Global Structure of Space-Time
Peter Gabriel Bergmann
Hardcover - $363.95
Secrets of the Old One : Einstein, 1905
Jeremy Bernstein
Hardcover - $41.95
While to a professional physicist the mathematics in Einstein's papers is quite straight forward, the ideas behind the mathematics are not. This book's goal is to make these ideas accessible to a general reader with no more mathematics than one learn ...
The Special Theory of Relativity
David Bohm
Paperback - $69.95
"The theory of relativity is not merely a scientific development of great importance in its own right. It is even more significant as the first stage of a radical change in our basic concepts, which began in physics, and which is spreading into other ...
Relativity and Common Sense
Hermann Bondi
Paperback - $18.95
Radically reoriented presentation of Einstein's Special Theory and one of most valuable popular accounts available. 60 illus.
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Max Born
Paperback - $24.95
Semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, more) and of Einstein's theories of relativity.
A Sophisticate's Primer of Relativity : Second Edition
P. W. Bridgman
Paperback - $22.95
Geared toward readers already acquainted with special relativity, this book answers natural questions: What is a frame of reference? A "law of nature"? The role of the "observer"? 1983 edition.
