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The Riddle of Gravitation: Revised and Updated Edition
by Peter G. Bergmann

ISBN: 0486273784
Dover Publications Price: $10.95
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Thought-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. 88 illustrations. 1968 edition.


Table of Contents for The Riddle of Gravitation: Revised and Updated Edition
Introduction: The Scope of Gravitation
I NEWTONIAN PHYSICS AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY
1 Early History
2 Relativity of Motion
3 The Universal Speed of Light
4 The Special Theory of Relativity
5 Minkowski's Four-Dimensional World
6 "Mass, Energy, Momentum"
7 Flat Space-Curved Space
II GENERAL RELATIVITY
8 Relativity and Gravitation
9 The Relativity of Free Fall
10 The Principle of General Covariance
11 Curved Space-Time
12 Gravitation in the Space-Time Continuum
13 Schwarzschild's Solution
14 Inside the Schwarzschild Radius
15 Event Horizons
III RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
16 Gravitational Collapse
17 Gravitational Radiation
18 The Search for Gravitational Waves
19 Cosmology
20 Current Observational Programs
21 Particle Moon
22 Quantum Theory of Gravitation
23 What Is an Observable?
24 Space-Time Today and Tomorrow
APPENDIXES
I The Equal-Areas Law of Kepler
II Derivation of the Inverse-Square Law of Force
III The Lorentz Transformation
IV The Schwarzschild Radius
V Gravitational Radiation
VI Powers of 10 and Units of Measurement
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

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