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An Equation That Changed the World : Newton, Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity
Harald Fritzsch
Paperback - $36.95
Fritzsch offers readers the opportunity to listen in on a meeting of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a present-day physicist. While he introduces the theory of relativity, Fritzsch teaches its sources, its workings, and the ways it has revolutioni ...
Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
Stephen A. Fulling
Paperback - $124.95
This introduction to the theory of quantum fields in curved spacetime, intended for mathematicians, arose from a course taught to graduate students and is designed for self-study or advanced courses in relativity and quantum field theory. The style i ...
Relativity Simply Explained
Martin Gardner
Paperback - $21.95
One of the subject's clearest, most entertaining introductions& nbsp; offers lucid explanations of special and general theories of relativity, gravity, and spacetime, models of the universe, and& nbsp; more. 100 illustrations.
General Relativity from A to B
Robert Geroch
Paperback - $26.95
"This beautiful little book is certainly suitable for anyone who has had an introductory course in physics and even for some who have not."--Joshua N. Goldberg, "Physics Today"
"An imaginative and convincing new presentation of Einstein's theory ...
Understanding Einstein's Theories of Relativity : Man's New Perspective on the Cosmos
Stan Gibilisco
Paperback - $19.95
Clear, concise exposition of both the special and general theories of relativity. Intended for nonscientific readers with a knowledge of high school math, the book offers illuminating coverage of such topics as simultaneity, time dilation, length con ...
Special and General Relativity : With Applications to White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Norman K. Glendenning
Hardcover - $177.95
Special and General Relativity are concisely developed together with essential aspects of nuclear and particle physics. Problem sets are provided for many chapters, making the book ideal for a course on the physics of white dwarf and neutron star ...
The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity
H. Goenner
Hardcover - $241.95
The articles in this volume by leading physicists and historians of science are an outgrowth of the Fourth International Conference on the History of General Relativity. The broad range of topics include: -- Genesis and Evolution of Weyl's Reflection ...
E = Einstein : His Life, His Thought, and His Influence on Our Culture
Donald Goldsmith
Paperback - $24.95
Much ADO about Nothing : Theories of Space and Vacuum from the Middle Ages to the Scientific Revolution
Edward Grant
Hardcover - $380.95
The primary objective of this study is to provide a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries. The second part of the book - on infinite, ext ...