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- catalog contributor b1993404.
- catalog created "[1968]".
- catalog date "1968".
- catalog date "[1968]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1968]".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 261-264.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Newtonian physics and special relativity Early history. Relativity of motion. The universal speed of light. The special theory of relativity. Minkowski's four-dimensional world. Mass, energy, momentum. Flat space-curved space. pt. 2. General relativity Relativity and gravitation. The relativity of free fall. The principle of general covariance. Curved space-time. Gravitation in the space-time continuum. Schwarzschild's solution. Inside the Schwarzschild radius. Event horizons.".
- catalog description "pt. 3. Recent developments Gravitational collapse. Gravitational radiation. The search for gravitational waves. Cosmology. Current observational programs. Particle motion. Quantrum theory of gravitation. What is an observable? Space-time today and tomorrow. Appendixes The equal-area law of Kepler. Derivation of the inverse-square law of force. The Lorentz transformation. The Schwarzschild radius. Gravitational radiation. Powers of 10 and units of measurement.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 270 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Riddle of gravitation.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Riddle of gravitation.".
- catalog issued "1968".
- catalog issued "[1968]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Scribner".
- catalog relation "Riddle of gravitation.".
- catalog subject "530.11".
- catalog subject "Gravitation.".
- catalog subject "QC6 .B454".
- catalog subject "Relativity (Physics)".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Newtonian physics and special relativity Early history. Relativity of motion. The universal speed of light. The special theory of relativity. Minkowski's four-dimensional world. Mass, energy, momentum. Flat space-curved space. pt. 2. General relativity Relativity and gravitation. The relativity of free fall. The principle of general covariance. Curved space-time. Gravitation in the space-time continuum. Schwarzschild's solution. Inside the Schwarzschild radius. Event horizons.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 3. Recent developments Gravitational collapse. Gravitational radiation. The search for gravitational waves. Cosmology. Current observational programs. Particle motion. Quantrum theory of gravitation. What is an observable? Space-time today and tomorrow. Appendixes The equal-area law of Kepler. Derivation of the inverse-square law of force. The Lorentz transformation. The Schwarzschild radius. Gravitational radiation. Powers of 10 and units of measurement.".
- catalog title "The riddle of gravitation [by] Peter G. Bergmann.".
- catalog type "text".