Category Archives: Relativity & Gravitation

An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity

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An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity

An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity
by L. Bolton

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1921
ISBN/ASIN: B005GE811A
Number of pages: 210

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The Theory of Relativity may very well prove to be the most important single contribution yet made to intellectual thought. If the theory is true it means nothing less than that physical science has at length broken through the crust of the phenomenal and apparent. The mechanism of nature is to be sought in something as yet conceivable only mathematically.

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Modern Relativity

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Modern Relativity

Modern Relativity
by David Waite

Publisher: modernrelativitysite.com 2005

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This is a text book tutorial on Albert Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity. It is assumed that the reader has an understanding of mathematics through calculus and partial differential equations. The relevant tensor calculus is presented throughout as needed.

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Relativity For Physics Students

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Relativity For Physics Students

Relativity For Physics Students
by G. B. Jeffery

Publisher: Methuen & Company 1924
Number of pages: 166

Description:
Contents: The origins of the theory; Michelson-Morley experiment and the Lorentz transformation; Laws of motion and electro-magnetism; Restricted principle of relativity and some consequences; Equivalence hypothesis; Four-dimensional continuum; General theory.

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