Was Einstein Right? Putting General Relativity to the Test - Hardcover

Clifford M. Will

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465090885 ISBN 13: 9780465090884

Publisher: Basic Books, 1986

Synopsis

This book is an examination of the way in which Einstein's general theory of relativity - the theory of gravitation and of space-time, has held up under today's exacting scrutiny of planetary probes, radio astronomy, atomic clocks and electronic super-computers. Clifford M. Will, who has devoted two decades to this question, brings to the general reader a full account of the people, ideas and machines that have put Einstein's theory to the test, covering tests from about 1960 to check the predictions of general relativity accurately and aims to find new predictions to check. He tells the story of relativity from the first faint photographs in 1919 confirming Einstein's prediction of the bending of starlight in the sun's gravitational field, to the design of the delicate gyroscopes now being prepared for a critical space shuttle experiment in the 1990s.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A revised and updated edition of the acclaimed account for general readers of how Einstein's theory of relativity holds up after more than seventy years.

From the Back Cover:

First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einstein's theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accomodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the "fifth force".

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0465090885
• ISBN 13: 9780465090884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274