Physics before and after Einstein /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 324 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Language:	English
Subject:	Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955. Einstein, Albert, -- 1879-1955. Physics. Physics Physics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11164004

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Other authors / contributors:	Mamone Capria, Marco.
ISBN:	1429402385 9781429402385 160129087X 9781601290878 9781607501060 1607501066 9781586034627 1586034626 1586034626
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	It is now a century ago that one of the icons of modern physics published some of the most influential scientific papers of all times. With his work on relativity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein has altered the field of physics forever. It should not come as a surprise that looking back at Einstein's work, one needs to rethink the whole scope of physics, before and after his time. This books aims to provide a perspective on the history of modern physics, spanning from the late 19th century up to today. It is not an encyclopaedic work, but it presents the groundbreaking and sometimes provoc.
Other form:	Print version: Physics before and after Einstein. Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2005

Table of Contents:

Title page; Preface; Contents; Albert Einstein: A Portrait; Mechanics and Electromagnetism in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Dynamics of Maxwell's Ether; Mechanistic Science, Thermodynamics, and Industry at the End of the Nineteenth Centur y; The Origins and Concepts of Special Relativity; General Relativity: Gravitation as Geometry and the Machian Programme; The Rebirth of Cosmology: From the Static to the Expanding Universe; Testing Relativity; Einstein and Quantum Theory; The Quantum Debate: From Einstein to Bell and Beyond.

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