This classic work offers a concise and comprehensive review of the literature on relativity as of 1921, along with the author's insightful update of later developments in relativity theory and coverage of subsequent controversies. Special attention is given to unified field theories. 1958 edition.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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A standard reference written by a teenager!,
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This review is from: Theory of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
This is a great classic, still the best reference for historical matters and conceptual questions on special relativity. As for General Relativity it is good but dated. The astonishing thing is that it was written by Wolfgang Pauli when he was nineteen, in 1921, that is 6 years after the publication of the great Einstein paper Foundations of General Relativity. In the fifties a translation into English appeared, together with many comments by the author. The book is a joy to read, if you already had a good introduction to the subject. Otherwise, it is too "adult", as Pauli wrote it with his colleagues in mind, not students. I use to consult it when some conceptual problem is the matter. There is, then, no better place. However, as a text, you have now better ones. The mathematical chapters, in particular, became difficult reading, as differential geometry followed different ways from those predicted by the author.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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a great book by a great physicist,
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This review is from: Theory of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
This book was intended as a review of the emerging early scientific papers on special and general relativity. This book is not only listing these extremely usefull references, but is also giving a broad historical perspective. The theory, presented in a mathematical way, is somewhat obscured by the lack of any diagrams. You need some background in order to fully appreciate this book.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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When Classic texts on relativity are mentioned...,
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This review is from: Theory of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
Today we think of this text as "dated", but it has become a book that I go back to to find important equations and their explanations. The book by the author of the Pauli group has very little group theory, but the mathematics is "Solid". This one is cheap and worth having!
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