About this title: Semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, more) and of Einstein's theories of relativity.
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Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. 1962-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Wraps
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG(front creased) Sm. 8vo. Wraps 376pp. 143 Figures, Index. Rev. ed., prepared with the collaboration of Günther Leibfried and Walter Biem. read more
Edition: Revised Ed
Binding: Enlarged Ed
Publisher: Dover Pub, NY
Date Published: 1924, 1965
Description: Ilustrated. VERY GOOD Condition. 5x8" paper covers 376ps Modern Physics described. careful discussion of principles. Only high school albebra is used.. read more
Description: Revised edition prepared with the collaboration of Gunther Leibfried and Walter Biem. 8vo., 376pp., wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 0486607690. read more
Edition: REPRINT Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1962
Description: VG++ 376pgs(Index) Tradesize paperback reprint of revised edition. Owner name embossment on Title Page, small ink date stamp on rear. Endpaper, o.w. clean, bright & very tight. Rest of book Like New. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Date Published: 1962-06-01
ISBN-13:9780486607696ISBN:0486607690
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780486607696. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
ISBN-13:9780486607696ISBN:0486607690
Description: Good. Previous owners name on the inside of the front cover. Text and interior clean. The soft cover is slightly rubbed along all edges and corners and creasing close to the spine. A book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born is a Nobel Laureate (1955) and one of the world's great physicists: in this book he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian relativity. ... read more
"This book pretty clearly explains Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, discussing the concept of simultaneity, kinematics, Einstein's mechanics and dynamics, and more in almost layman's terms without delving into all the math and proofs that are in Einstein's own book."
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