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Einstein's jury : the race to test relativity / Jeffrey Crelinsten.

Author/creator Crelinsten, Jeffrey
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionxxix, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subject(s)
Contents Einstein and the world community of physicists and astronomers -- Astronomers and special relativity : the first publications -- The early involvement : 1911 - 1914 -- The war period : 1914 - 1918 -- 1919 : a year of dramatic announcement -- Men of science agog -- Tackling the solar redshift problem -- More eclipse testing -- Emergence of the critics -- The debate intensifies -- Relativity triumphs -- Silencing the critics -- The emergence of relativistic cosmology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-383) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005032681
ISBN0691123101 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780691123103 (acid-free paper)

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