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Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps
Einstein's Clocks Poincare's Maps
Author: Peter Galison
"Einstein's Clocks" is a dramatic account of the quest to synchronize time that culminated in Einstein's revolutionary theory of relativity. As Peter Galison argues, relativity was borne of urgent practical necessity. Clocks and trains, telegraphs and colonial conquest: the challenges of the late nineteenth century provided an indispensable real...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780340794487
ISBN-10: 0340794488
Publication Date: 5/24/2004
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Sceptre
Book Type: Paperback
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