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Relativity - The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover, 100th Anniversary)
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Relativity - The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover, 100th Anniversary)
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Loot Price R576
Discovery Miles 5 760
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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. His intention was "to give an
exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who,
from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are
interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the
mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book remains
one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general
theories ever written. In the early 1920s alone, it was translated
into ten languages, and fifteen editions in the original German
appeared over the course of Einstein's lifetime. This new edition
of Einstein's celebrated book features an authoritative English
translation of the text along with an introduction and a reading
companion by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jurgen Renn 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 those 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. Published on the hundredth
anniversary of general relativity, this handsome edition of
Einstein's famous book places the work in historical and
intellectual context while providing invaluable insight into one of
the greatest scientific minds of all time.
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