Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation: The Physical Society of London - Couverture souple

Eddington, A. S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 140674929X ISBN 13 : 9781406749298

Editeur : Read Books, 2007

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Einstein inN ovember 1915. Whether the theory ultimately proves to be correct or not, it claims attention as one of the most beautiful examples of the power of general mathematical reasoning. The nearest parallel to it is found in the applications of the second law of thermo-dynamics, in which remarkable conclusions are deduced from a single principle without any inquiry into the mechanism of the phenomena ;similarly, if the principle of equivalence is accepted, it is possible to stride over the difficulties due to ignorance of the nature of gravitation and arrive directly at physical results. Einstein stheory has been successful in explaining the celebrated astronomical discordance of the motion of the perihelion of Mercury, without introducing any arbitrary constant; there is no trace of forced agreement about this prediction. It further leads to interesting conclusions with regard to the deflection of light by a gravitational field, and the displacement of spectral lines on the sun, which may be tested by experiment. The arrangement of this Report is guided by the object of reaching the theory of these crucial phenomena as directly as possible. To make the treatment rather more elementarv, use of the principle of least action and Hamiltonian methods has been avoided ;and the brief account of these mC hapter VII. is merely added for completeness. Similarly, the equations of electro-dynamics are not used in the main part of the Report. Owing to the historical tradition, there is an undue tendency to connect the principle of relativity with the electrical theory of light and matter, and it seems well to emphasize its independence. The main difficulty of this subject is that it requires a special mathematical calculus, which, though not difficult to understand, needs time and practice to use with facility.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140674929X
• ISBN 13: 9781406749298
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 104
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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