Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
This biography describes the life of Lorentz, from his early childhood, as the son of a market gardener in the provincial town of Arnhem, to his death, as a towering figure in physics and in international scientific cooperation, and as a trailblazer for Einstein's relativity theory.
Language: en
Pages: 420
Pages: 420
Books about Lectures on Theoretical Physics
Language: en
Pages: 5
Pages: 5
Books about From Light Phenomena to the Theory of Relativity (Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Nobel Prize 1902).
Language: en
Pages: 32
Pages: 32
Whether it is true or not that not more than twelve persons in all the world are able to understand Einstein's Theory, it is nevertheless a fact that there is a constant demand for information about this much-debated topic of relativity. The books published on the subject are so technical
Language: en
Pages: 867
Pages: 867
This is the second and final volume of Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz's scientific correspondence with Dutch colleagues, including Pieter Zeeman and Paul Ehrenfest. These 294 letters cover multiple subjects, ranging from pure mathematics to magneto-optics and wave mechanics. They reveal much about their author, including Lorentz's surprisingly active involvement