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The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again by Jean Eisenstaedt
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Hardback. New. Einstein's theory was accepted as the true theory in 1915, but soon took a back seat to quantum mechanics. Not until the existence of black holes by Stephen Hawking in the 1960s, was the theory revived. This book tells the story of both events and the techniques employed by Einstein and relativists to construct, develop, and understand his theory.
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in near fine dj. Shallow glue-repaired tear/abrasion & smudging to edge of front endpaper; however interior bright, crisp & clean, clearly unread; dj very faintly rubbed. 363 p.
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Princeton. 2006. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0691118655. 29 halftones. 22 line illustrations. 384 pages. hardcover. . keywords: physics science relativity. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Black holes may obliterate most things that come near them, but they saved the theory of general relativity. Einstein's theory was quickly accepted as the true theory of gravity after its publication in 1915, but soon took a back seat in physics to quantum mechanics and languished for decades on the blackboards of mathematicians. Not until the existence of black holes by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose in the 1960s, after Einstein's death, was the theory revived. Almost one hundred years after general relativity replaced Newton's theory of gravitation, The Curious History of Relativity tells the story of both events surrounding general relativity and the techniques employed by Einstein and the relativists to construct, develop, and understand his almost impenetrable…
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