Relativity Principles and Theories from Galileo to Einstein

by Darrigol and Olivier Darrigol

Motion is always relative to some thing. Is this thing a concrete body like the earth, is it an abstract space, or is it an imagined frame? Do the laws of physics depend on the choice of reference? It there a choice for which the laws are simplest? Is this choice unique? Is there a physical cause for the choice made?

These questions traverse the history of modern physics from Galileo to Einstein. The answers involved Galilean relativity, Newton's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192849530
• ISBN13: 9780192849533
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.6"