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100 1 $aBergmann, Peter Gabriel.
245 14 $aThe riddle of gravitation /$cPeter G. Bergmann.
250 $aRev. and updated ed.
260 0 $aNew York :$bScribner,$cc1987.
300 $axix, 233 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
504 $aBibliography: p. 223-226.
520 $aThought-provoking nonmathematical introduction to the conceptual foundations of both Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravitation. Special relativity theory, general relativity theory, other topics. This updated edition features material on gravitational radiation detectors, current problems in cosmology, singularities of the gravitational field, and more.
505 0 $apt. I. Newtonian physics and special relativity. Early history -- Relativity of motion -- The universal speed of light -- The special theory of relativity -- Minkowski's four-dimensional world -- Mass, energy, Momentum -- Flat space / Curved space -- pt. II. General relativity. Relativity and gravitation -- The relativity of free fall -- The principle of general covariance -- Curved space-time -- Gravitation in the space-time continuum -- Schwarzschild's solution -- Inside the Schwarzschild radius -- Event horizons -- pt. III. Recent developments. Gravitational collapse -- Gravitational radiation -- The search for gravitational waves -- Cosmology -- Current observational programs -- Particle motion -- Quantum theory of gravitation -- What is an observable? -- Space-time today and tomorrow -- Appendixes: 1. The equal-areas law of Kepler -- 2. Derivation of the inverse-square law of force -- 3. The Lorentz transformation -- 4. The Schwarzschild radius -- 5. Gravitational radiation -- 6. Powers of 10 and units of measurement.
650 0 $aRelativity (Physics)
650 0 $aGravitation.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBergmann, Peter Gabriel.$tRiddle of gravitation.$bRev. and updated ed.$dNew York : Scribner, ©1987$w(OCoLC)569225137
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