Theory of Relativity based on Physical Reality

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L. Jdnossy
THEORY OF RELATIVITY BASED ON PHYSICAL REALITY
The book deals with the subject of the special and general theory of relativity. It gives the usual mathematical formalism elaborated by Einstein and others. The treatment of the book places great emphasis on the question of how the theory can be derived from the experimental facts and this is the feature in which the treatment deviates to some extent from the usual ones. There is also a tendency to make use as little as possible of specialized systems of coordinates.
Before writing this monograph the author was engaged for several years in fundamental research concerned with the double nature of light. These researches contained intricate experiments and raised questions which are of interest in connection with some of the fundamental problems of the theory of relativity, too. The author analyses in great detail the methods of how the velocity of light can be experimentally determined. The controversial question of the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

L. Jdnossy
THEORY OF RELATIVITY BASED ON PHYSICAL REALITY
The book deals with the subject of the special and general theory of relativity. It gives the usual mathematical formalism elaborated by Einstein and others. The treatment of the book places great emphasis on the question of how the theory can be derived from the experimental facts and this is the feature in which the treatment deviates to some extent from the usual ones. There is also a tendency to make use as little as possible of specialized systems of coordinates.
Before writing this monograph the author was engaged for several years in fundamental research concerned with the double nature of light. These researches contained intricate experiments and raised questions which are of interest in connection with some of the fundamental problems of the theory of relativity, too. The author analyses in great detail the methods of how the velocity of light can be experimentally determined. The controversial question of the carrier of light is also dealt with.
This analysis shows, among others, the experimental significance of the Michelson-Morley experiment and why it was necessary to use the well-known experimental arrangement in the form it was actually used.
The author has written many articles and gave many lectures both in Hungary and abroad elaborating his views which are deviating in certain respects from those usually put forward. The concepts and modes of treatment have given rise to discussions and aroused great interest. With the new concepts the author's aim is to induce constructive discussion but at the same time his book may serve as a handbook for physicists, scientists and philosophers interested in the problems. It is an interesting reading and it could also be used as a university textbook. Vissza