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• Title:Einstein's unification / Jeroen van Dongen.
  
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• Author/Creator:Dongen, Jeroen van, 1974-
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QC173.6 .D66 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
  General relativity (Physics)--History.
  Quantum theory--Philosophy.
  
• Description:x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  
• Summary:"Why did Einstein tirelessly study unified field theory for more than 30 years? In this book, the author argues that Einstein believed he could find a unified theory of all of nature's forces by repeating the methods he used when he formulated general relativity. The book discusses Einstein's route to the general theory of relativity, focusing on the philosophical lessons that he learnt. It then addresses his quest for a unified theory for electromagnetism and gravity, discussing in detail his efforts with Kaluza-Klein and, surprisingly, the theory of spinors. From these perspectives, Einstein's critical stance towards the quantum theory comes to stand in a new light. This book will be of interest to physicists, historians and philosophers of science"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780521883467
  0521883466
  40018199494
  1819949400
  9781819949407
  
• Contents:1. Formulating the gravitational field equations
  2. On the method of theoretical physics
  3. Unification and field theory
  4. Experiment and experience
  5. The method as directive: semivectors
  6. Unification in five dimensions
  7. The method and the quantum
  Conclusion
  Bibliography
  Index.