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Mach's Principle

From Newton's Bucket to Quantum Gravity

Julian B Barbour editor Herbert Pfister editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Birkhauser Boston Inc

Published:11th Aug '95

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This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. 20th-century physics is concerned with the concepts of time,space, motion, inertia and gravity. The documentation on all of these makes this book a reference for those who are interested in the history of science and the theory of general relativity.

ISBN: 9780817638238

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2080g

536 pages

1995 ed.