The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 4: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912-1914
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The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 4: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912-1914
By (Author) Albert Einstein
Edited by Martin J. Klein
Edited by A. J. Kox
Edited by Jrgen Renn
Edited by Robert Schulmann
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
29th November 1995
United States
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Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Relativity physics
530.092
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Hardback
736
Width 178mm, Height 267mm
1616g
Description
This volume presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. Most of the material in Volume 4 documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Three scientific manuscripts, printed here for the first time, provide insights into Einstein's efforts to generalize his original relativity theory into a theory of gravitation. The first is a review article on the special theory of relativity. The second consists of notes that document Einstein's research on gravitation. The third manuscript contains calculations on the problem of the motion of the perihelion of Mercury. The explanation of the observed anomaly of this motion was to become one of the classical tests of general relativity. The existence of such a manuscript has not been known before now. All three of these manuscripts, along with other material in this volume, add significantly to our understanding of the creation of general relativity.
Author Bio
Martin J. Klein is Professor of the History of Science at Yale University and Senior Editor of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. A. J. Kox teaches history of science at the University of Amsterdam. Jrgen Renn is a Director of the Max Planck Institute of the History of Science, Berlin, and Robert Schulmann is Assistant Professor of History at Boston University.
