The Meaning of Relativity. Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
by Einstein, Albert
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1923. Very good. First American edition; 7 1/4 x 5; pp. [8], 1-123, [1]; blue cloth over boards, lettered in gilt; illustrated with diagrams; mild wear to tips of spine and corners; small, discolored spot to upper margin of text block; front hinge a bit weak; overall in very good condition.Einstein's, arguably, last attempt to give a comprehensive overview of his Theory of Relativity, the book contained his Stafford Little Lectures, given at Princeton in 1921. It would also be his only work, which provided an overview of the mathematics and physics of general relativity in layman's terms.
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- Title
- The Meaning of Relativity. Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921
- Author
- Einstein, Albert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Physics
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