Sir Arthur Eddington here formulates mathematically his conception of the world of physics derived from the theory of relativity. The argument is developed in a form which throws light on the origin and significance of the great laws of physics; its consequences are followed to the full extent in the consideration of gravitation, relativity, mechanics, space-time, electromagnetic phenomena and world geometry.
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'A very brilliant and exciting book.' The Weekly Westminster Gazette
'A model of mathematical clarity and of careful scientific reasoning.' Times of India
'Admirably clear and concise throughout ... fully up to the high standard which Professor Eddington has led us to expect from him.' Observatory
'A model of mathematical clarity and of careful scientific reasoning.' Times of India
'Admirably clear and concise throughout ... fully up to the high standard which Professor Eddington has led us to expect from him.' Observatory
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Sir Arthur Eddington here formulates mathematically his conception of the world of physics derived from the theory of relativity. The argument is developed in a form which throws light on the origin and significance of the great laws of physics; its consequences are followed to the full extent in the consideration of gravitation, relativity, mechanics, space-time, electromagnetic phenomena and world geometry.
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The typesetting is unreadable,
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I should take the first reviewer more seriously before buying this book. Since he received such a negative feedback, I thought - here we have another one who can't understand math. Well, there is not a single looking math equation in this book, all equations are gibberish. I'm quite familiar with General Relativity and have most of the essential books, and saw all kind of weird equations in my life, but have never seen equations like:
O Afly 0X V y Ooxfjy O nx j and the rest is about the same. I feel awkward to give a single star (should get zero) to a great classic book by Sir Arthur Eddington, but it is not for the book, it is for the abuse of Amazon, or the publisher called - General Books. I think however that I understand the problem - there are two printouts; the other is by Cambridge University Press (four times more expensive), and its typesetting via Amazon's Look Inside looks fine. I bet that it worth five stars. So again, I'm referring to General Books edition, not to Eddington's book in general. (and I apologize for possible typos in my review; I've just received this book and I'm mad as hell seeing the abuse of a such an important work).
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