Einstein's Theory of Relativity

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First published 1920

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Relativity built up from mechanics and optics with almost no mathematics.

1882–1970 · German-Jewish physicist and mathematician

Profession: Physicist, Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: Humboldt University of Berlin, Göttingen, Edinburgh, Artillery Testing Commission
Studied at: Cambridge, Heidelberg, Göttingen
Studied under: Carl David Tolmé Runge
Prizes: Max Planck Medal (1948), Nobel Prize in Physics (1954), Hughes Medal (1950), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1937), Fellow of the Royal Society (1939), Makdougall Brisbane Prize (1942), Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize (1944), Guthrie Lecture (1953)

His gravestone is engraved with the equation pq − qp = h/2πi.

Yes · Dover paperback, revised edition

Get the revised edition (1962, Dover), which Born updated; the 1920s editions predate later tests of relativity.

Recommended: Dover, revised edition

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8 editions

First published 1920

Earliest edition listed: 1922 · E.P. Dutton · [3d ed.]

1922 · E.P. Dutton · [3d ed.]
1922 · E. P. Dutton and company, publishers
1924 · Methuen
1924 · Methuen
1962 · Dover Publications · Rev. ed.
1962 · Dover Publications · Rev. ed., prepared with the collaboration of Günther Leibfried and Walter Biem.
1965 · Dover Publications · Rev. ed., prepared with the collaboration of Günther Leibfried and Walter Biem. · ISBN 9780486607696
Rev. ed.

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