The Formative Years of Relativity
：The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures
Publication subTitle ：The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures
Author： Gutfreund Hanoch;Renn Jürgen
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9781400888689
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691174631
Subject： O412.1 relativistic
Keyword： 自然科学理论与方法论,相对论、场论,物理学,自然科学史
Language： ENG
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Description
First published in 1922 and based on lectures delivered in May 1921, Albert Einstein’s The Meaning of Relativity offered an overview and explanation of the then new and controversial theory of relativity. The work would go on to become a monumental classic, printed in numerous editions and translations worldwide. Now, The Formative Years of Relativity introduces Einstein’s masterpiece to new audiences. This beautiful volume contains Einstein’s insightful text, accompanied by important historical materials and commentary looking at the origins and development of general relativity. Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn provide fresh, original perspectives, placing Einstein’s achievements into a broader context for all readers.
In this book, Gutfreund and Renn tell the rich story behind the early reception, spread, and consequences of Einstein’s ideas during the formative years of general relativity in the late 1910s and 1920s. They show that relativity’s meaning changed radically throughout the nascent years of its development, and they describe in detail the transformation of Einstein’s work from the esoteric pursuit of one individual communicating with a handful of colleagues into the preoccupation of a growing community of physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and philosophers.
This handsome edition quotes extensively from Einstein’s correspondence and reproduces historical documents such as ne
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