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The Special Theory of Relativity
by Muirhead, H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333128443
- ISBN 13
- 9780333128442
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About This Item
London, UK: Macmillan Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 164pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; illustrated with in-text diagrams, charts and equations. 8vo. Spine cover partially detached at front joint for 6cm. Heavy wear to extremities, cloth worn through in places. Lender's shelf number on spine label, security device and markings on endpapers and copyright page. Text block edges lightly soiled and starting to fox. Internally a neat, clean, bright and tight volume. Chapters include Historical Notes, Einstein and Relativity, Applications of the Lorentz Transformation, Four-vectors and more.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Special Theory of Relativity
- Author
- Muirhead, H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0333128443
- ISBN 13
- 9780333128442
- Publisher
- Macmillan Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Albert Einstein, Theory of Relativity, Lorentz Transformation
- X weight
- 0 kg
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
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- Spine Label
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Device
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