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Ferreira's book is possibly the best one I have read to date that focuses on the history of and challenges to the theory of general relativity.
In this book Ferreira gives some of the best explanations of the following subjects:
- Euclidian geometry turned on its head (ie., parallel lines intersect on a sphere)
- Einstein's field equations (how matter is distributed and the implications for an evolving universe)
- The debate over a static v evolving universe (de Sitter, Friedmann, Lemaitre.... ex ...more
Ferreira's book is possibly the best one I have read to date that focuses on the history of and challenges to the theory of general relativity.
In this book Ferreira gives some of the best explanations of the following subjects:
- Euclidian geometry turned on its head (ie., parallel lines intersect on a sphere)
- Einstein's field equations (how matter is distributed and the implications for an evolving universe)
- The debate over a static v evolving universe (de Sitter, Friedmann, Lemaitre.... ex ...more
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