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Space and time

Title
Space and time / by Emile Borel ; [translated from the French by Angelo S. Rappoport and John Dougall] ; with a new foreword by Banesh Hoffmann.
Author
Borel, Emile, 1871-1956.
Publication
New York : Dover Publications, 1960.

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Description
xviii, 234 pages; 21 cm
Uniform Title
Espace et le temps. English
Alternative Title
Espace et le temps.
Subject
  • Space and time
  • Relativity (Physics)
  • Physics
  • Physics
  • physics
  • Space and time
  • Mathematische Methode
  • Raum-Zeit
  • Relativitätstheorie
  • Ruimte-tijd-theorie
Note
  • "An unabridged and unaltered republication of the first English translation."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Geometry and the shape of the earth -- Space and time in astronomy -- Abstract geometry and geographical maps -- Continuity and topology -- The propagation of light -- The special theory of relativity -- The general theory of relativity -- Recent theoretical and experimental researches -- Note I: The kinematics of the special theory of relativity -- Note II. On the fundamental hypotheses of physics and of geometry -- Note III. The mathematical continuum and the physical continuum -- Note IV. The universe--is it infinite?
LCCN
60003188
OCLC
  • ocm00675139
  • 675139
  • SCSB-2113509
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library