Space, Time And Gravitation: An Outline Of The General Relativity Theory (1920) [Paperback]

Arthur S. Eddington (Author)

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Publication Date: October 17, 2007

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

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A reissue of a classic 1920's account of the general theory of relativity features a preface by Sir Hermann Bondi. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (October 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0548628696
• ISBN-13: 978-0548628690
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,204,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning from one of the greatest of modern astronome, May 16, 2003

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Raghuram Krishnaswamy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory (Cambridge Science Classics) (Paperback)

First off, this is the guy who made the famous remark when he was asked "Is it true you are among the three people who understand relativity" and he responded, "I wonder who is the third!". The Astronomer Royal, Eddington was counted on as a very good mathematician by even mathematicians (Hardy for instance) and an even better physicist. He was embroiled (now legend) with Chandrasekhar in the thirties on the quantum mechanics of dying stars. Chandra worked extensively with Eddington and described his writing style in glowing terms.

When he writes, you don't get the feeling of pomp in his style, considering his stature. On the contrary his style is very engaging and leaves you impressed! His mathematical treatment to the relativity is even more accessible!

Fantastic Book!!!!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A time piece, April 16, 2004

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Professor Joseph L. McCauley "Joseph L. McCauley" (Austria+Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory (Cambridge Science Classics) (Paperback)

Very clear, straightforward presentation of GR in the spirit of Einstein and also Schrödinger, easy to read. But also too easy to miss the main points of the physics/geometry (see Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler) while becoming an expert at manipulating tensors in general coordinate systems. Very nice presentation of parallel transport and Weyl's formulation of gauge transformations. Better, more recent treatments using awareness of Lie algebras show the connection of curvature with noncommuting translations/operators, and emphasize the importance of relativistic invariance and local coordinate systems (physics). Einstein wrote of general covariance as if it would be a physical principle (it isn't), and this confusion wasn't cleared up for a long time.

3.0 out of 5 stars easy to digest, January 19, 2010

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M. Al-dhaen (Bahrain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Space, Time And Gravitation: An Outline Of The General Relativity Theory (1920) (Hardcover)

If everyone can write a book like that, we'd all be authors.

This book is old and the author writes as an observer most of the time, fantastic.