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How has the most celebrated scientific theory of our century held up under today's exacting scrutiny of planetary probes, radio astronomy, atomic clocks, and electronic super-computers? After eighty years, was Einstein right? Einstein's theory has proven crucial to our understanding of such recently discovered features of the cosmos as pulsars, quasars, black holes, and gravitational lenses. Clifford Will has written a lively and lucid chronicle of the triumph of one of the towering intellectual achievements of our century. This book is intended for general; students on courses in modern physics or relativity.
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First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einstein's theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accomodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the "fifth force".
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Clifford M. Will is professor of physics and member of the McDonnell centre for the Space Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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