Learning the Physics of Einstein with Georges Lematre: Before the Big Bang Theor

Description: Learning the Physics of Einstein with Georges Lematre by Christine Leroy, Stephen N. Lyle, Jan Govaerts, Georges Lemaître, Jean-François Stoffel This book presents the first English translation of the original French treatise "La Physique dEinstein" written by the young Georges Lemaitre in 1922, only six years after the publication of Albert Einsteins theory of General Relativity. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book presents the first English translation of the original French treatise "La Physique dEinstein" written by the young Georges Lemaitre in 1922, only six years after the publication of Albert Einsteins theory of General Relativity. It includes an historical introduction and a critical edition of the original treatise in French supplemented by the authors own later additions and corrections. Monsignor Georges Lemaitre can be considered the founder of the "Big Bang Theory" and a visionary architect of modern Cosmology. The scientific community is only beginning to grasp the full extent of the legacy of this towering figure of 20th century physics. Against the best advice of the greatest names of his time, the young Lemaitre was convinced, solely through the study of Einsteins theory of General Relativity, that space and time must have had a beginning with a tremendous "Big Bang" from a "quantum primeval atom" resulting in an ever-expanding Universe with a positive cosmological constant. But how did the young Lemaitre, essentially on his own, come to grips with the physics of Einstein? A year before his ordination as a diocesan priest, he submitted the audacious treatise, published in this book, that was to earn him Fellowships to study at Cambridge, MIT and Harvard, and launched him on a scientific path of ground-breaking discoveries. Almost a century after Lemaitres seminal publications of 1927 and 1931, this highly pedagogical treatise is still of timely interest to young minds and remains of great value from a history of science perspective. Back Cover This book presents the first translation into English of the treatise The Physics of Einstein completed by the young Georges Lema Author Biography Former Dean of the Faculty of Science at lUniversité catholique de Louvain from 2009 to 2015, Jan Govaerts is Full Professor of Theoretical Physics at UCLouvain. In 2016-2017 he co-ordinated a year-long series of celebratory conferences, exhibitions and cultural events that were to mark the fifty years since the passing of Georges Lemaître and his ongoing living legacy.Historian and philosopher of science, Jean-François Stoffel conducts research on the life and work of Pierre Duhem on the one hand, and on the history of cosmology on the other, with a particular interest in the anthropological consequences of the Copernican revolution. This twofold interest in the historical interactions between scientific and philosophical thought inevitably led him to encounter the work of Georges Lemaître. Table of Contents Preface by the volume editors.- The Physics of Einstein by Georges Lemaître (1922): The Historical Context.- An Invitation to Further Reading.- The Physics of Einstein: Introduction.- Space and Time.- Force Fields.- Field Production by Relative Motion.- Graviation.- Electric Charges.- La Physique dEinstein – French version edited from the original manuscript.- La correspondance entre Georges Lemaître et Maurice Alliaume. Feature Early textbook on the special and general relativity theory by Georges Lema Details ISBN303022032X Short Title Learning the Physics of Einstein with Georges Lemaître Pages 243 Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 303022032X ISBN-13 9783030220327 Format Paperback Subtitle Before the Big Bang Theory Publication Date 2020-12-12 Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition 1st Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Translator Stephen N. Lyle UK Release Date 2020-12-12 Author Jean-François Stoffel Illustrations XXVI, 243 p. Edited by Jean-François Stoffel Edition Description 1st ed. 2019 Alternative 9783030220297 DEWEY 530.01 Audience Further / Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134000088;

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