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Introduction to the theory of relativity
- Title
- Introduction to the theory of relativity / by Peter Gabriel Bergmann, with a foreword by Albert Einstein.
- Author
- Bergmann, Peter Gabriel.
- Publication
- New York : Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1942.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 8223.168 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Description
- xvi, 287 pages : diagrams; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Prentice-Hall physics series
- Uniform Title
- Prentice-Hall physics series.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Part 1: The special theory of relativity -- Frames of Reference, coordinate systems, and coordinate transformation -- Classical mechanics -- The propagation of light -- The Lorentz transformation -- Vector and tensor calculus in an n Dimensional continuum -- Relativistic mechanics of mass points -- Relativistic electrodynamics -- The mechanics of continuous matter -- Applications of the special theory of relativity -- Part 2: The general theory of relativity -- The principle of equivalence -- The Riemann-Christoffel curvature tensor -- The field equations of the general theory of relativity -- Rigorous solutions of the field equations of the general theory of relativity -- The experimental tests of the general theory of relativity -- The equations of motion in the general theory of relativity -- Part 3: Unified field theories -- Weyl's Gauge-invariant geometry -- Kaluza's five dimensional theory and the projective field theories -- A generalization of Kaluza's theory.
- LCCN
- 42014846
- x280427149
- OCLC
- ocm02204410
- 2204410
- SCSB-100637
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library