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Written by David Kaiser and Michael Gordin. By Routledge.
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1 comments about The Roots of General Relativity: History of Modern Physical Science, Volume Two.
- For some people, there is a strange attraction in reading the originals of documents that proved pivotal in the development of a science. Sadly, often these originals might be scattered across many musty journals. Or those journals themselves might be in tattered shape.
An alternative, insofar as 20th century physics is concerned, is offered here in this weighty set of 4 books. They reproduce the key papers in a century of revolutionary thinking. Appropriately, the first volume deals with Einstein's Special Relativity, as these papers tended to appear early in the century. The second volume shows how he and others expanded this into the sweeping elegance of General Relativity.
But surely it is the third volume that will attract the most attention. It deals with the rise and impact of nuclear physics. Above all of course in the Manhattan Project. But also in the long decades of the Cold War, as physicists were mobilised on both sides.
No doubt with each volume, knowledgeable readers may quibble about papers omitted. But given the space limits, the editors have done a fine job. All the included papers are rightly landmarks.
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Written by Albert Einstein. By Pomegranate.
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No comments about Essential Einstein.
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No comments about Fermi and Astrophysics (Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology).
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Written by Herbert Dingle. By Wiley.
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No comments about The special theory of relativity, (Methuen's monographs on physical subjects).
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No comments about Dark Matter in the Universe (NATO Science Series C: (closed)).
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Written by Anatoly Logunov. By Nauka Publishers.
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No comments about Lectures in Relativity and Gravitation: A Modern Look.
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Written by Reiner M. Dreizler and Cora S. Lüdde. By Springer.
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No comments about Theoretische Physik 2: Elektrodynamik und spezielle Relativitätstheorie (Springer-Lehrbuch).
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Written by Max Born. By Springer.
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No comments about The Attraction of Gravitation: New Studies in the History of General Relativity (Einstein Studies).
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2 comments about The absolute differential calculus (calculus of tensors).
- Not quite a page-turner, but this book presents good applications of tensor math. Sometimes difficult to follow, the book omits many "assumed" steps. However, a fine escape into the world of absolute differential calculus.
- A must have for all physics majors. Excellent outside source for mechanics, especially upper-division.
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