Einstein's generation
Subtitle: the origins of the relativity revolution
By: Richard Staley.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780226770567; 9780226770574
Subjects: Physics -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century; Physics -- Methodology; Materials science; Relativity (Physics) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Einstein's generation; title: Michelson, velocity of light, and ether drift; title: Interferometers and their uses; title: Science on display : the World's Fair; title: A discipline at work : the international congress of physics; title: The empirical electron : space and time on a photographic plate; title: Relativity and electron theory, 1905-11; title: On the histories of relativity; title: From classical to modern physics; title: On the co-creation of classical and modern physics; title: The Solvay Council, 1911.