The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity", Featuring the Original Manuscript of Einstein's Masterpiece

The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity", Featuring the Original Manuscript of Einstein's Masterpiece

Hanoch Gutfreund • Princeton University Press

This edition of The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity", Featuring the Original Manuscript of Einstein's Masterpiece

ISBN-10: 0691162530 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691162539 · 2015

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This volume presents an annotated facsimile of Albert Einstein’s original 1915 manuscript, detailing the conceptual evolution of his theory of general relativity. Hanoch Gutfreund provides historical context and technical commentary, tracing the intellectual journey that led to the field equations. The work serves as both a primary source document and a scholarly examination of the mathematical and physical breakthroughs that redefined modern cosmology.

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