The young Einstein
Subtitle: the advent of relativity
By: Lewis Pyenson.
Publisher: Adam Hilger
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Bristol; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Relativity (Physics) -- History; Physicists -- Biography; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: A detailed account of Einstein's childhood and formative years focuses on the intellectual climate of Germany where, before 1919, his trailblazing work on the special and general theories of relativity received widest notice. The author explores the response to the theories by pure mathematicians, who did not have to face the prospect of a fundamental revision of their basic principles, and by physicists and astronomers, who did. Of interest to physicists, academics and students interested in Einstein himself and in the wider history of science and ideas, or in the social and intellectual history of Germany.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.