Einstein's Generation

The Origins of the Relativity Revolution

By: Richard Staley

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Paperback | 2 June 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Why do we celebrate Einstein's era above all other epochs in the history of physics? Much of the history of physics at the beginning of the twentieth century has been written with a sharp focus on a few key figures and a handful of notable events. "Einstein's Generation" offers a distinctive new approach to the origins of modern physics by exploring both the material culture that stimulated relativity and the reaction of Einstein's colleagues to his pioneering work.
Richard Staley weaves together the diverse strands of experimental and theoretical physics, commercial instrument making, and the sociology of physics around 1900 to present the collective efforts of a group whose work helped set the stage for Einstein's revolutionary theories and the transition from classical to modern physics that followed. Collecting papers, talks, catalogues, conferences, and correspondence, Staley juxtaposes scientists' views of relativity at the time to modern accounts of its history. "Einstein's Generation" tells the story of a group of individuals which produced some of the most significant advances of the twentieth century; and challenges our celebration of Einstein's era above all others.

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"One of the ever pressing dangers for the history of science is that it becomes the history of great men and women. Therefore, any book that emphasizes the setting of a scientific change is to be welcomed and, where Einstein is concerned, is to be doubly welcomed. Staley's overall project, then, is a great one." - Harry Collins, author of Rethinking Expertise"

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Non-Fiction Science Physics Relativity Physics Science in General History of Science Quantum Physics & Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction: Einstein's Generation	p. 1
From Ether Drift to Interferometry	p. 21
Albert Michelson, the Velocity of Light, and Ether Drift	p. 27
Interferometers and Their Uses	p. 65
Physics in 1900	p. 133
Science on Display: The World's Fair	p. 137
A Discipline at Work: The International Congress of Physics	p. 166
From the Promise of the Electron to Einstein's Theory of Relativity	p. 205
The Empirical Electron: Space and Time on a Photographic Plate	p. 219
Relativity and Electron Theory, 1905-1911	p. 260
On the Histories of Relativity	p. 294
From Classical to Modern Physics	p. 345
On the Co-Creation of Classical and Modern Physics	p. 347
The Solvay Council, 1911	p. 397
Bibliography	p. 423
Index	p. 467
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