Relativity Reexamined
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| Author | Léon N. Brillouin |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Relativity, foundations of physics |
| Published | 1970 |
| Publisher | Academic Press, Inc. |
| Pages | 111 |
| ISBN | 0121349454 |
Relativity Reexamined is a 1970 book by the physicist Léon Brillouin, published by Academic Press. In it Brillouin, a major figure in twentieth-century physics, revisits the theory of relativity "from a new angle and unconventional perspective."
Overview
The book examines conceptual difficulties in relativity theory, covering the relationship between quantum theory and relativity, problems of restricted (special) relativity, gravitation and relativity, quantized atomic clocks, and the relativistic Doppler effect. In the preface Brillouin explains that, following his 1964 book on scientific uncertainty, he undertook to reconsider relativity critically rather than accept its usual presentation uncritically.
About the author
Léon Nicolas Brillouin (1889–1969) was a French-American physicist known for fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics, solid-state physics (Brillouin zones), information theory, and the WKB approximation. Relativity Reexamined, published posthumously in 1970, was among his last works.
Publication details
- Author: Léon N. Brillouin
- Publisher: Academic Press, Inc., New York
- Published: 1970
- Pages: 111
- ISBN: 0121349454
Links to Purchase Book
- Relativity Reexamined (Amazon)