The Curvature of Spacetime - Hardcover

Fritzsch, Harald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231118201 ISBN 13: 9780231118200

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2002

Synopsis

The internationally renowned physicist Harald Fritzsch deftly explains the meaning and far-flung implications of the general theory of relativity and other mysteries of modern physics by presenting an imaginary conversation among Newton, Einstein, and a fictitious contemporary particle physicist named Adrian Haller. In this entertaining and involving account of relativity, Newton serves as the skeptic and asks the questions a modern reader might ask. Einstein himself does the explaining, while Haller explains the new developments that have occurred since the general theory was proposed.

About this title

About the Author:

Harald Fritzsch holds the chair in theoretical physics at the University of Munich. He is also a regular visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology, the European Center for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center of Stanford University. He is the author of many books that have been translated into English, including The Creation of Matter: The Universe from Beginning to End, Quarks: The Stuff of Matter, and An Equation That Changed the World: Newton, Einstein, and the Theory of Relativity.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0231118201
• ISBN 13: 9780231118200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368