Was Einstein Right?: Putting General Relativity to the Test

by Clifford M . Will (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $11.34

  First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einsteins theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accommodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the fifth force..

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $4.22

  How has the most celebrated scientific theory of our century held up under today's exacting scrutiny of planetary probes, radio astronomy, atomic clocks, and electronic super-computers? After eighty years, was Einstein right? Einstein's theory has proven crucial to our understanding of such recently discovered features of the cosmos as pulsars, quasars, black holes, and gravitational lenses. Clifford Will has written a lively and lucid chronicle of the triumph of one of the towering intellectual achievements of our century. This book is intended for general; students on courses in modern physics or relativity.

• New

  Paperback
  1993

  $22.21

  First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einsteins theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accommodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the fifth force..