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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16692544 Title: The evolution of physics : from early concepts to relativity and quanta Author: Albert Einstein; Leopold Infeld Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1966. ISBN/ISSN: 0671201565 : 9780671201562 OCLC:16692544

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The evolution of physics : from early concepts to relativity and quanta

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The evolution of physics : from early concepts to relativity and quanta

Author:	Albert Einstein; Leopold Infeld
Publisher:	New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1966.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Albert Einstein; Leopold Infeld Find more information about:
ISBN:	0671201565 : 9780671201562
OCLC Number:	16692544
Notes:	"A Touchstone book." Includes index.
Description:	xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:	pt. I. the rise of the mechanical view. the great mystery story ; The first clew ; Vectors ; The riddle of motion ; One clew remains ; Is heat a substance? ; The roller-coaster ; The rate of exchange ; The philosophical background ; The kinetic theory of matter -- pt. II. The decline of the mechanical view. The two electric fluids ; The magnetic fluids ; The first serious difficulty ; The velocity of light ; Light as a substance ; The riddle of color ; What is a wave? ; Longitudinal or transverse light waves? ; Ether and the mechanical view -- pt. III. Field, relativity. The field as representation ; The two pillars of the field theory ; The reality of the field ; Field and ether ; The mechanical scaffold ; Ether and motion ; Time, distance, relativity ; Relativity and mechanics ; The time-space continuum ; General relativity ; Outside and inside the elevator ; Geometry and experiment ; General relativity and its verification ; Field and matter -- pt. IV. Quanta. continuity-discontinuity ; Elementary quanta of matter and electricity ; The quanta of light ; Light spectra ; The waves of matter ; Probability waves ; Physics and reality.
Responsibility:	by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld.

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