The road to relativity
Subtitle: the history and meaning of Einstein's "The foundation of general relativity" featuring the original manuscript of Einstein's masterpiece
By: Hanoch Gutfreund & Jürgen Renn
Contributors: Renn, Jürgen, 1956- author
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780691162539
Subjects: General relativity (Physics); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The charm of a manuscript; title: Einstein's intellectual odyssey to general relativity; title: The annotated manuscript; title: Bibliographical notes to the annotation pages; title: Postscript: the drama continues; title: A chronology of the genesis of general relativity and its formative years; title: Physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers relevant to Einstein's thinking; title: Recommended reading; title: English translation of Einstein's paper.