On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity
In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein's revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the century's most celebrated scientific experiment. The result ushered in a new era and made Einstein a global celebrity by confirming his dramatic prediction that the path of light rays would be bent by gravity. Today, Einstein's theory is scientific fact. Yet the effort to "weigh light" by measuring the gravitational deflection of starlight during the May 29, 1919, solar eclipse has become clouded by myth and skepticism. Could Arthur Eddington and Frank Dyson have gotten the results they claimed? Did the pacifist Eddington falsify evidence to foster peace after a horrific war by validating the theory of a German antiwar campaigner? In No Shadow of a Doubt, Daniel Kennefick provides definitive answers by offering the most comprehensive and authoritative account of how expedition scientists overcame war, bad weather, and equipment problems to make the experiment a triumphant success.
The reader follows Eddington on his voyage to Africa through his letters home, and delves with Dyson into how the complex experiment was accomplished, through his notes. Other characters include Howard Grubb, the brilliant Irishman who made the instruments; William Campbell, the American astronomer who confirmed the result; and Erwin Findlay-Freundlich, the German whose attempts to perform the test in Crimea were foiled by clouds and his arrest.
By chronicling the expeditions and their enormous impact in greater detail than ever before, No Shadow of a Doubt reveals a story that is even richer and more exciting than previously known.
Автор: Mermin N. David Название: It`s about Time: Understanding Einstein`s Relativity ISBN: 0691218773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691218779 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2216.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry.
The book evolved as Mermin taught the subject to diverse groups of undergraduates at Cornell University, none of them science majors, over three and a half decades. Mermin's approach is imaginative, yet accurate and complete. Clear, lively, and informal, the book will appeal to intellectually curious readers of all kinds, including even professional physicists, who will be intrigued by its highly original approach.
Автор: D`inverno, R.a. Название: Introducing einstein`s relativity ISBN: 0198596863 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198596868 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8712.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Provides students with a mathematical introduction coupled to an understanding of the physical insights needed to explore the subject.
Автор: Jeroen van Dongen Название: Einstein`s Unification ISBN: 1108703038 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108703031 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Shedding new light on Einstein`s later work, this book explores Einstein`s belief that he could find a unified theory of all of nature`s forces by repeating the methods he used when formulating general relativity. This book will interest physicists, historians and philosophers of science.
Автор: Crelinsten Jeffrey Название: Einstein`s Jury: The Race to Test Relativity ISBN: 0691171076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691171074 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4435.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Einstein's Jury is the dramatic story of how astronomers in Germany, England, and America competed to test Einstein's developing theory of relativity. Weaving a rich narrative based on extensive archival research, Jeffrey Crelinsten shows how these early scientific debates shaped cultural attitudes we hold today.
The book examines Einstein's theory of general relativity through the eyes of astronomers, many of whom were not convinced of the legitimacy of Einstein's startling breakthrough. These were individuals with international reputations to uphold and benefactors and shareholders to please, yet few of them understood the new theory coming from the pen of Germany's up-and-coming theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein. Some tried to test his theory early in its development but got no results. Others--through toil and hardship, great expense, and perseverance--concluded that it was wrong.
A tale of international competition and intrigue, Einstein's Jury brims with detail gleaned from Crelinsten's far-reaching inquiry into the history and development of relativity. Crelinsten concludes that the well-known British eclipse expedition of 1919 that made Einstein famous had less to do with the scientific acceptance of his theory than with his burgeoning public fame. It was not until the 1920s, when the center of gravity of astronomy and physics shifted from Europe to America, that the work of prestigious American observatories legitimized Einstein's work. As Crelinsten so expertly shows, the glow that now surrounds the famous scientist had its beginnings in these early debates among professional scientists working in the glare of the public spotlight.
This book is devoted to researchers who would like to investigate interactions among gravitational waves and matter fields beyond linear order, including the phenomena of memory effects, gravitational Faraday rotation, soft theorems, and formations of spacetime singularities due to the mutual focus of gravitational waves. Readers only require a basic understanding of general relativity to understand the materials.
The book starts with an overview on the fundamentals of the Newman-Penrose formalism and a brief introduction to distribution theory, with which the author systematically develops a mathematical description of spacetimes of colliding plane waves. Then, the author presents a frame-independent definition of polarization of a plane gravitational wave in a curved spacetime, studies in detail the gravitational Faraday rotation of two plane gravitational waves, and shows that each of them can serve as a medium to the other precisely due to their nonlinear interactions. Exact solutions are also presented, which represent a variety of models including the collisions of two plane gravitational waves and the collisions of a plane gravitational wave with a dust shell, a massless scalar wave, an electromagnetic wave, or a neutrino wave. The formation of spacetime singularities due to nonlinear interactions and the effects of gravitational wave polarization on the nature of singularities are also explored.
Автор: Lyth Название: The Road to Einstein`s Relativity ISBN: 0367022850 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367022853 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 16843.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Expertly guided by renowned cosmologist Dr. David Lyth, learn about the pioneering scientists whose work provided the foundation for Einstein`s formulation of his theories of relativity, and about Einstein`s groundbreaking life and work as well. This book is accessible to all, including those without a scientific background.
On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity
In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein's revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the century's most celebrated scientific experiment. The result ushered in a new era and made Einstein a global celebrity by confirming his dramatic prediction that the path of light rays would be bent by gravity. Today, Einstein's theory is scientific fact. Yet the effort to "weigh light" by measuring the gravitational deflection of starlight during the May 29, 1919, solar eclipse has become clouded by myth and skepticism. Could Arthur Eddington and Frank Dyson have gotten the results they claimed? Did the pacifist Eddington falsify evidence to foster peace after a horrific war by validating the theory of a German antiwar campaigner? In No Shadow of a Doubt, Daniel Kennefick provides definitive answers by offering the most comprehensive and authoritative account of how expedition scientists overcame war, bad weather, and equipment problems to make the experiment a triumphant success.
The reader follows Eddington on his voyage to Africa through his letters home, and delves with Dyson into how the complex experiment was accomplished, through his notes. Other characters include Howard Grubb, the brilliant Irishman who made the instruments; William Campbell, the American astronomer who confirmed the result; and Erwin Findlay-Freundlich, the German whose attempts to perform the test in Crimea were foiled by clouds and his arrest.
By chronicling the expeditions and their enormous impact in greater detail than ever before, No Shadow of a Doubt reveals a story that is even richer and more exciting than previously known.
Автор: Hey Название: Einstein`s Mirror ISBN: 0521435323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521435321 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9819.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the authors of the best-seller The Quantum Universe, this lavishly illustrated book provides a fascinating and accessible introduction to one of the most profound scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, special relativity and gravitation, and will be enjoyed by general readers of science and science fiction, final year school students, and science undergraduates.
Описание: This richly annotated facsimile edition of "The Foundation of General Relativity" introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein`s theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the elegance and precision of Einstein`s thought. Presented here is a bea
Автор: Lyth Название: The Road to Einstein`s Relativity ISBN: 0367002531 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367002534 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 4133.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Expertly guided by renowned cosmologist Dr. David Lyth, learn about the pioneering scientists whose work provided the foundation for Einstein`s formulation of his theories of relativity, and about Einstein`s groundbreaking life and work as well. This book is accessible to all, including those without a scientific background.
Описание: I Space Time Motion 1 Measuring-Rods and Clocks 2 Inertial Systems 3 Coordinates and Velocities 3.1 One Inertial System 3.1.1 Space Coordinates 3.1.2 The Problem of Time Measurement 3.1.3 The Relative Velocity 3.2 Two Inertial Systems3.2.1 Coordinate Transformations3.2.2 Composition of Velocities 4 Special Coordinate Transformations4.1 Definition of Simultaneity 4.2 The Linear Transformation Formulae4.3 Composition of Velocities 5 Moving Measuring-Rods and Clocks 5.1 Moving and Stationary Measuring-Rods 5.2 Moving and Stationary Clocks II The Principle of Relativity 6 Einstein's Principle of Relativity Portrait Albert Einstein 7 Elementary Relativity 8 A Metrical Principle of Relativity III Elementary Structure of Classical Spacetime 9 The Physical Postulates of Classical Spacetime 10 Elementary Relativity - The Galilean Transformation IV Elementary Structure of Relativistic Spacetime 11 The Moving Rod is Shortened - The Michelson Experiment Portrait Albert Abraham Michelson Portrait Hendrik Antoon Lorentz 12 The Moving Clock Goes Behind -Einstein's Experimentum Crucis of Special Relativity 12.1 The Light Cock Portrait Emmy Noether 12.2 The General Law of Time Dilatation 13 The Physical Postulates of Relativistic Spacetime 14 Elementary Relativity - The Lorentz Transformation 15 Einstein's Composition Law for Arbitrary Directed Velocities 16 Test Experiments of Special Relativity17 The Linear Approximation of Special Relativity 18 Overview of the Axiomatic Structure of Special Relativity V Entire Theory on One Page VI Newtonian Mechanics 19 The Newtonian Axioms Portrait Isaac Newton 20 Classical Mechanics 21 The Tolman Thought Experiment - The Relativistic Mechanics 21.1 The Relativistic Mass Formula 21.2 The Basic Relativistic Equations of Mechanics VII Einstein's Idea of Energy-Mass Equivalence 22 The Inertia of Energy 23 Einstein's Idea of Energy-Mass Equivalence VIII Relativistic Phenomena and Paradoxes 24 Fresnel's Drag Coefficient 25 A Paradox to the Drag Coefficient 26 Thomas Precession 27 The Measuring-Rod Paradox 28 Doppler Effect28.1 Classical Theory of Doppler Effect 28.1.1 Longitudinal Observation28.1.2 Transversal Observation 28.2 Exact Theory of Doppler Effect 28.2.1 Longitudinal Observation28.2.2 Transversal Observation 29 Aberration 29.1 Aberration in the Particle Picture 29.2 Aberration in the Wave Picture 30 A Paradox for the Aberration of Waves 31 The Twin Paradox 32 The Measuring-Rod Paradox and the Twin Paradox using Non-Conventional Simultaneity 32.1 The Measuring-Rod Paradox 32.2 The Twin Paradox IX Mathematical Formalism of Special Relativity33 The Lorentz Group33.1 The Special Lorentz- Transformation 33.2 The General Lorentz- Transformation 33.3 The General Proper Lorentz- Transformation 33.
An annotated facsimile edition of Einstein's handwritten manuscript on the foundations of general relativity
This richly annotated facsimile edition of "The Foundation of General Relativity" introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the elegance and precision of Einstein's thought. Presented here is a beautiful facsimile of Einstein's original handwritten manuscript, along with its English translation and an insightful page-by-page commentary that places the work in historical and scientific context. Hanoch Gutfreund and J rgen Renn's concise introduction traces Einstein's intellectual odyssey from special to general relativity, and their essay "The Charm of a Manuscript" provides a delightful meditation on the varied afterlife of Einstein's text. Featuring a foreword by John Stachel, this handsome edition also includes a biographical glossary of the figures discussed in the book, a comprehensive bibliography, suggestions for further reading, and numerous photos and illustrations throughout.
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