The Einstein Theory Of Relativity: A Concise Statement - Softcover

Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508806675 ISBN 13: 9781508806677

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

“The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." -Albert Einstein

Table of Contents:

NOTE

Introduction

THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF RELATIVITY

THE EARTH AS A MOVING CAR

EINSTEIN'S DEPARTURE

NEW SYSTEM OR COORDINATES

DEFLECTION OF LIGHT

DIFFICULTY EXAGGERATED

“Whether it is true or not that not more than twelve persons in all the world are able to understand Einstein's Theory, it is nevertheless a fact that there is a constant demand for information about this much-debated topic of relativity. The books published on the subject are so technical that only a person trained in pure physics and higher mathematics is able to fully understand them. In order to make a popular explanation of this far-reaching theory available, the present book is published.

“Professor Lorentz is credited by Einstein with sharing the development of his theory. He is doubtless better able than any other man—except the author himself—to explain this scientific discovery.” (from the Preface)

About this title

About the Author

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (18 July 1853 – 4 February 1928) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the transformation equations subsequently used by Albert Einstein to describe space and time. (Wikipedia)

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1508806675
• ISBN 13: 9781508806677
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 28