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Eisenstaedt, Jean. "Acknowledgments". The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, pp. ix-x. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186757-002

Eisenstaedt, J. (2007). Acknowledgments. In The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again (pp. ix-x). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186757-002

Eisenstaedt, J. 2007. Acknowledgments. The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. ix-x. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186757-002

Eisenstaedt, Jean. "Acknowledgments" In The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again, ix-x. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186757-002

Eisenstaedt J. Acknowledgments. In: The Curious History of Relativity: How Einstein's Theory of Gravity Was Lost and Found Again. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2007. p.ix-x. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186757-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
INTRODUCTION. A Difficult Theory 1
CHAPTER ONE. The Speed of Light and Classical Physics 4
CHAPTER TWO. Light and the Structure of Space-Time 24
CHAPTER THREE. Toward a New Theory of Gravitation 58
CHAPTER FOUR. Einstein’s Principles 76
CHAPTER FIVE. The Birth of General Relativity 103
CHAPTER SIX. General Relativity: A Physical Geometry 138
CHAPTER SEVEN. Relativity Verified: Mercury’s Anomaly 149
CHAPTER EIGHT. Relativity Verified: The Deflection of Light Rays 167
CHAPTER NINE. Relativity Verified: The Line Shift 196
CHAPTER TEN. The Crossing of the Desert 213
CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Unpopular Theory 244
CHAPTER TWELVE. The Rejection of Black Holes 255
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Paths in Schwarzschild’s Space-Time 284
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. No Ordinary Stars 310
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology 325
AFTERWORD. The Paths of General Relativity 346
Bibliography 349
Name Index 361

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
INTRODUCTION. A Difficult Theory 1
CHAPTER ONE. The Speed of Light and Classical Physics 4
CHAPTER TWO. Light and the Structure of Space-Time 24
CHAPTER THREE. Toward a New Theory of Gravitation 58
CHAPTER FOUR. Einstein’s Principles 76
CHAPTER FIVE. The Birth of General Relativity 103
CHAPTER SIX. General Relativity: A Physical Geometry 138
CHAPTER SEVEN. Relativity Verified: Mercury’s Anomaly 149
CHAPTER EIGHT. Relativity Verified: The Deflection of Light Rays 167
CHAPTER NINE. Relativity Verified: The Line Shift 196
CHAPTER TEN. The Crossing of the Desert 213
CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Unpopular Theory 244
CHAPTER TWELVE. The Rejection of Black Holes 255
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Paths in Schwarzschild’s Space-Time 284
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. No Ordinary Stars 310
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology 325
AFTERWORD. The Paths of General Relativity 346
Bibliography 349
Name Index 361

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