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New Perspective on Relativity, A: An Odyssey in Non-Euclidean Geometries

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New Perspective on Relativity, A: An Odyssey in Non-Euclidean Geometries - Lavenda, Bernard H
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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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New Perspective on Relativity, A: An Odyssey in Non-Euclidean Geometries 2011, World Scientific Publishing Company

ISBN-13: 9789814340489

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