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Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity : emergence (1905) and early interpretation (1905-1911)

Title: Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity : emergence (1905) and early interpretation (1905-1911) / Arthur I. Miller.
Author: Miller, Arthur I.
Publication: New York : Springer, [1998], ©1998.

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xix, 446 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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"Includes a translation by A.I. Miller of A. Einstein's 'On the electrodynamics of moving bodies'".
Previously published: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub., Advanced Book Program, 1981.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-416) and index.

Contents

1. Electrodynamics: 1890-1905 -- 2. Einstein's Philosophic Viewpoint in 1905 -- 3. Analysis of Einstein's Introductory Comments to "Zur Elektrodynamik Bewegter Korper" -- 4. Simultaneity and Time -- 5. Length and Time Are Relative Quantities -- 6. The Relativistic Transformations -- 7. The Relativity of Length and Time -- 8. The Theorem of Addition of Velocities -- 9. The Relativity of the Electric and Magnetic Fields -- 10. Doppler's Principle and Stellar Aberration -- 11. Light Quanta, Radiation and Relativity -- 12. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.

ISBN

0387948708 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

96038279

OCLC

35270010
ocm35270010
SCSB-5205732

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Columbia University Libraries