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(0)Albert Einstein
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
x, 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A handsome annotated edition of Einstein's celebrated book on relativity
After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote Relativity. Intended for a popular audience, the book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. This edition of Einstein's celebrated book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with commentaries...
Author
Pub. Date
1968
Physical Desc
xvi, 704 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Einstein was not only the ablest man of science of his generation, he was also a wise man, which is something different. If statesmen had listened to him, the course of human events would have been less disastrous than it has been." This verdict, from the Preface by Bertrand Russell, sums up the importance of this first collection of Albert Einstein's writings on war, peace, and the atom bomb. In this volume, thanks to the Estate of Albert Einstein,...
Author
Series
Stafford Little lectures volume 1921
Pub. Date
1955
Edition
5th ed., including the Relativistic theo.
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
The book is primarily astronomical and philosophical in content, being concerned with the arguments for and against the motion of the earth. Galileo's discoveries and researches in astronomy -- the phases of Venus, the satellites of Jupiter, and the motion of sunspots -- share the main scenes with his cogent and derisive attacks upon Aristotle and his followers. The discussion of the Second Day contains many of Galileo's fundamental contributions...
9) Journal
Author
Series
Great books of the Western World. 5th year volume 7, no. 14, 16
Pub. Date
1956
Physical Desc
138, 107 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Dover edition.
Physical Desc
cxxii, 406 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century knowledge about all aspects of light, Opticks also offers countless scientific insights by its distinguished author. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, this volume will impress readers with its surprisingly modern perspectives. In language that lay readers can easily follow, Sir Isaac Newton describes his famous experiments with spectroscopy and colors, lenses, and the...
