The meaning of relativity / (Record no. 11855)
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| fixed length control field | 01866cam a2200205 a 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0415285887 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC6 .E56 2003 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Einstein, Albert, |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The meaning of relativity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Albert Einstein. |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Expanded Princeton science library ed. with a new introduction by Brian Greene, 2005 |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Year of publication or production | 2003 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 177 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "Including the Relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field." |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Space and time in pre-relativity physics -- Theory of special relativity -- General theory of relativity -- General theory of relativity (continued) -- Appendix for the second edition -- Appendix II: Relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field -- Index. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Simplified version of Einstein's theories that explain that the measurements of motion or rest are relative to the motion or rest of the observer. In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Relativity (Physics) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Relativity (Physics) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kaduna Study Centre | Kaduna Study Centre | 10/18/2023 | QC6 .E562003 | 0174895 | Books |