{"product_id":"9781461266266","title":"Einstein Studies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEinstein Studies\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBalashov, Yuri; Vizgin, Vladimir\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a selection of the best contributions by Russian \nscholars--historians and philosophers of science--to the Einstein \nStudies industry, broadly construed. Most of the papers included here \nwere first published in Russian in the 'Einshteinovskiy Sbornik' \nseries (Einstein Studies), the first of its kind, and initiated in \n1966 by Nobel Prize winner Igor Tamm. From 1966-1990, fourteen volumes \nof the 'Sbornik' were published by Nauka, the chief academic publisher \nin the former Soviet Union. \n  The book explores such topics as the historical and foundational \nissues in general relativity and relativistic cosmology, Einstein's \ncontributions to quantum theory of radiation, and the rise of Dirac's \nquantum electrodynamics. The volume also includes a detailed \ndescription of the physics colloquium Einstein established and \ncoordinated in 1912-1914 in Zurich. \n  The contributors draw extensively on documentation previously \nunavailable to most scholars. Thus the materials from various Russian \narchives shed new light on the famous exchange (regarding the first \nevolutionary cosmological models) between Einstein and Aleksandr \nFriedmann in the early 1920s and on the role of Boris Podolsky and \nVladimir Fock in the emergence of quantum electrodynamics. The little- \nknown correspondence between Einstein and a famous German pilot Paul \nEhrhardt suggests that, during World War I, Einstein was involved with \naero- and hydrodynamics and thought about ways of improving airfoil \ndesign. Other articles discuss new approaches to important questions \nin the foundations of general relativity and cosmology. \n  Historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science should be \nprepared to find much new and unexpected material in this engaging \nvolume presenting the best of the recent Russian scholarship in the \nfield.  The book will be accessible to the general reader as well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Birkhäuser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-11-10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461266266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4612-0131-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 314\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Birkhäuser Boston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44521681551500,"sku":"9781461266266","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461266266.jpg?v=1775745608","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461266266","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}