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Starting off from noneuclidean geometries, apart from the method of Einstein's equations, this book derives and describes the phenomena of gravitation and diffraction. A historical account is presented, exposing the missing link in Einstein's construction of the theory of general relativity: the uniformly rotating disc, together with his failure to realize, that the Beltrami metric of hyperbolic geometry with constant curvature describes exactly the uniform acceleration observed.This book also explores these questions:

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A Brief History of Relativity, Light, and Gravity; Which Geometry?; The Origins of Mass; Relativity of Thermodynamics; The 'General' Theory Short-Circuited; Relativity of Hyperbolic Space; Nonequivalence of Gravitation and Acceleration; Aberration and Radiation Pressure in the Klein and Poincare Models; The Inertia of Polarization.

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      Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
      Publication Date: 11/10/2011
      ISBN13: 9789814340489, 978-9814340489
      ISBN10: 9814340480

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Starting off from noneuclidean geometries, apart from the method of Einstein's equations, this book derives and describes the phenomena of gravitation and diffraction. A historical account is presented, exposing the missing link in Einstein's construction of the theory of general relativity: the uniformly rotating disc, together with his failure to realize, that the Beltrami metric of hyperbolic geometry with constant curvature describes exactly the uniform acceleration observed.This book also explores these questions:

      Table of Contents
      A Brief History of Relativity, Light, and Gravity; Which Geometry?; The Origins of Mass; Relativity of Thermodynamics; The 'General' Theory Short-Circuited; Relativity of Hyperbolic Space; Nonequivalence of Gravitation and Acceleration; Aberration and Radiation Pressure in the Klein and Poincare Models; The Inertia of Polarization.

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