General Relativity in the Making: Einstein's Zurich Notebook, Commentary and Essays

Author:   Michel Janssen ,  Jurgen Renn ,  John Norton ,  Sauer Tilmann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Volume:   v. 8000 / v. 247
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9781402039423


Pages:   430
Publication Date:   01 July 2006
Format:   Hardback
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This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It comprises key sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th to the early 20th century contributed to this monumental development. Some of these sources are presented here in translation for the first time. Einstein's famous Zurich notebook, which documents the pivotal steps toward general relativity, is reproduced here for the first time and transcribed in its entirety. The volumes offer detailed commentaries and analyses of these sources that are based on a close reading of these documents supplemented by interpretations by the leading historians of relativity. All in all, the facets of this work, based on more than a decade of research, combine to constitute one of the most in-depth studies of a scientific revolution ever written.

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Author:   Michel Janssen ,  Jurgen Renn ,  John Norton ,  Sauer Tilmann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Volume:   v. 8000 / v. 247
ISBN:  

9781402039423


ISBN 10:   1402039425
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   01 July 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Commentary on the Zurich NotebookWhat was Einstein?s Fateful Prejudice ? (John Norton)What Did Einstein Know and When Did He Know It? A Besso Memo Dated August 1913 (Michel Janssen)Untying the Knot: How Einstein Found His Way Back to Field Equations Discarded in the Zurich Notebook(Jurgen Renn and Michel Janssen)Index

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