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Relativity and Geometry

by Roberto Torretti

ISBN13: 9780486152226
ISBN10: 0486152227
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This high-level study discusses Newtonian principles and 19th-century views on electrodynamics and the aether. Additional topics includeEinstein's electrodynamics of moving bodies, Minkowski spacetime, gravitational geometry, time and causality, and other subjects. Highlightsinclude a rich exposition of the elements of the special and general theories of relativity. 1983 edition.

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ISBN:: 9780486152226
Publisher:: Dover Publications
Subject:: main_subject
Author:: Torretti, Roberto
Subject:: all_subjects
Publication Date:: 19960402
Binding:: ELECTRONIC
Language:: English
Pages:: 416

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