Relativity
Subtitle: the special and general theory
By: Albert Einstein ; translated by Robert W. Lawson ; introduction by Roger Penrose ; commentary by Robert Geroch with a historical essay by David C. Cassidy.
Contributors: Lawson, Robert W.; Geroch, Robert.; Cassidy, David C., 1945-
Edition: The masterpiece science ed.
Publisher: Pi Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Relativity (Physics)
Description: Robert Geroch builds on Einstein's work with commentary that addresses the ideas at the heart of the theory, bringing a modern understanding of relativity to the text. He elucidates how special relativity is a reconciliation of the contradictions between the nature of light and the principle of relativity; he expands on Einstein's treatment of the geometry of space-time and the fundamental notion of an "event"; he explains in detail, but without technical language, the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, a cornerstone of general relativity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 1920.