From NEWTON
to EINSTEIN
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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Changing Conceptions of
THE UNIVERSE
THE UNIVERSE
NEW YORK
D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY
Eight Warren Street
1920
D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY
Eight Warren Street
1920
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PREFACE
Einstein’s contributions to our ideas of time and space, and to our knowledge of theuniverse in general, are of so momentous a nature, that they easily take their placeamong the two or three greatest achievements of the twentieth century. This littlebook attempts to give, in popular form, an account of this work. As, however, Einstein’swork is so largely dependent upon the work of Newton and Newton’s successors, thefirst two chapters are devoted to the latter.
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PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
The preparation of this new edition has made it possible to correct errors, to furtheramplify certain portions of the text and to enlarge the ever-increasing bibliographyon the subject. Photographs of Professors J. J. Thomson, Michelson, Minkowski andLorentz are also new features in this edition.
The explanatory notes and articles in t
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