Oxford: Clarendon Press, Date: 1972. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good/None. Black cloth boards with gilt titling and Oxford crest on spine; spine tail also bears handwritten library numbers. Binding is sound, though book opens out flat at title page. Contents page bears stamped date in black. Text is unmarked. Page edges are toned and pastedowns are scarred where bookplates were removed. 8vo. BOOK INFO: See associated photos for Table of Contents image. 'Bibliography of J. L. Synge': p. [257]-265. Includes Author and Subject Indices. 'Almost as impressive as his geometrical insight are Synge's freshness in his approach to mathematical physics, his logical penetration, his command of language, his love of paradox, and his wit.' (-from the Introduction by Werner Israel, Felix Pirani, Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh.) Table of Contents: Lanczos, C. Einstein's path from special to general relativity.--Balazs, N. L. The acceptability of physical theories: Poincare? versus Einstein.--Ellis, G. F. R. Global and non-global problems in cosmology, by G. F. R. Ellis and D. W. Sciama.--Ehlers, J. The geometry of free fall and light propagation, by J. Ehlers, F. A. E. Pirani and A. Schild.--Trautman, A. Invariance of Lagrangian systems.--Penrose, R. The geometry of impulsive gravitational waves.--Exact solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations for an accelerated charge.--Taub, A. H. Plane-symmetric similarity solutions for self-gravitating fluids.--Robinson, I. Equat ...

ISBN10: 0198511264, ISBN13: 9780198511267, [publisher: Clarendon Press] Hardcover Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5
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ISBN10: 0198511264, ISBN13: 9780198511267, [publisher: Clarendon Press] Hardcover Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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