ENGLISH

The riddle of gravitation

By Peter G. Bergmann

Book information

Publisher
Dover
Year
1992
ISBN
9780486273785, 0486273784
LCC
QC173.55 .B49 1992
Open Library ID
OL1719346M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2565220 bytes)
Pages
266\266
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

Thought-provoking nonmathematical introduction to the conceptual foundations of both Newton’s and Einstein’s theories of gravitation. Special relativity theory, general relativity theory, other topics. For this new edition, author has added updated material on gravitational radiation detectors, current problems in cosmology, singularities of the gravitational field and more. Accessible to the layman. Bibliography. 88 illustrations, including 10 photographs. Orig. ed. 1968.

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