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Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension
by Rudolf V B Rucker  Publisher Comments Exposition of 4th dimension, concepts of relativity as Flatland characters continue adventures. Popular, easily followed yet accurate, profound. Topics include curved space time as a higher dimension, special relativity, and shape of space-time...
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Relativity
by Albert Einstein Publisher Comments Redesigned inside and out to have a fresh, appealing look, this new edition of a classic Crown Trade Paperback is a collection of Einstein's own popular writings on his work and describes the meaning of his main theories in a way virtually everyone can...
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Quantum Gravity (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
by Carlo Rovelli Publisher Comments Book presenting the loop and spinfoam approach to quantum gravity, for graduates and reserachers....
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Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality
by Dr. Ronald L. Mallett Publisher Comments This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining...
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Gravitation and Inertia (Princeton Series in Physics)
by Ignazio Ciufolini Publisher Comments Einstein's standard and battle-tested geometric theory of gravity--spacetime tells mass how to move and mass tells spacetime how to curve--is expounded in this book by Ignazio Ciufolini and John Wheeler. They give special attention to the theory's...
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The Principle of Relativity: A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics)
by Albert Einstein Publisher Comments Here are the 11 papers that forged the general and special theories of relativity: seven papers by Einstein, plus two papers by Lorentz and one each by Minkowski and Weyl. "A thrill to read again the original papers by these giants." — School...
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It's about Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity
by N David Mermin Publisher Comments This readable and complete exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's special theory of relativity is accessible to readers without training in the sciences. Published on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's famous 1905 paper, it assumes...
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Gravitation (Physics Series)
by Charles W Misner Synopsis Geometrodynamics, general relativity, the mathematics of curved spacetime, Einstein's theories, relativistic stars, and gravitational collapse are some of the topics examined in a study of gravitational physics....
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
by Albert Einstein Publisher Comments What could be better than an introduction to the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein's original text, written for the layperson nearly a century ago, with insights from today's leading experts. Experts shattered common-sense notions of space and...
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Einstein's Jury: The Race to Test Relativity
by Jeffrey Crelinsten Publisher Comments Einstein's Jury is the dramatic story of how astronomers in Germany, England, and America competed to test Einstein's developing theory of relativity. Weaving a rich narrative based on extensive archival research, Jeffrey Crelinsten shows how these...
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Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity
by Andrew Robinson Publisher Comments With contributions from Freeman Dyson, Stephen Hawking, João Magueijo, Steven Weinberg, Philip Anderson, Robert Schulmann, Philip Glass, Max Jammer, Sir Joseph Rotblat, I. Bernard Cohen, and Sir Arthur C. Clarke This definitive illustrated study of one...
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Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
by Kip S Thorne Publisher Comments Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even...
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Relativity and Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by Roberto Torretti Publisher Comments High-level study discusses Newtonian principles and 19th-century views on electrodynamics and the aether and covers Einstein's electrodynamics of moving bodies, Minkowski geometry, and other topics, including a rich exposition of the elements of the...
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Elements of Relativity Theory
by D. F. Lawden Publisher Comments The basic concepts of relativity theory are conveyed through worked and unworked examples in this text, which requires no mathematics beyond elementary algebra. Suitable for undergraduates and graduates, its emphasis on physical principles and concepts...
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Spinors & Space Time Volume 1 Two Spinor Cal
by Roger Penrose Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-443) and indexes....
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Introduction to Special Relativity
by Robert Resnick Synopsis Introduction to Special Relativity By Robert Resnick, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute This book gives an excellent introduction to the theory of special relativity. Professor Resnick presents a fundamental and unified development of the subject with...
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The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again
by Jean Eisenstaedt Publisher Comments 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...
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
by Richard P Feynman Publisher Comments No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)—physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by...
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The Theory of the Relativity of Motion (Dover Phoenix Editions)
by Richard C. Tolman Publisher Comments Classic introduction to Einstein's theory, written by a prominent physicist, provides the two main postulates upon which the theory rests and their experimental evidence. The relation between relativity theory and the principle of least action is...
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Space, Time, Matter
by Hermann Weyl Publisher Comments "A classic of physics ... the first systematic presentation of Einstein's theory of relativity." — British Journal for Philosophy and Science. Long one of the standard texts in the field, this excellent introduction probes deeply into Euclidean...
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