General Relativity in the Making: Einstein's Zurich Notebook, Commentary and Essays

by John Norton, John J. Stachel, Jürgen Renn, et al.

This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It comprises key sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th to the early 20th century contributed to this monumental development. Some of these sources are presented here in translation for the first time. Einstein's famous Zurich notebook, which documents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402039425
• ISBN13: 9781402039423
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Springer London
• Length: 430 Pages