Gribbin J. Einstein’s Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity

Icon Books Ltd., 2015. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-184831-852-6.In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences—a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein himself said it was “the most valuable theory of my life,” and “of incomparable beauty.” It describes the evolution of the universe, black holes, the behavior of orbiting neutron stars, and why clocks run slower on the surface of the earth than in space. It even suggests the possibility of time travel.About the AuthorIn the Beginning
Early life; Breaking free; Einstein and the Poly; Rejection; Rescue
The Annus Mirabilis
The doctoral thesis; Jiggling atoms; Particles of light; The special one
The Long and Winding Road
The geometry of relativity; Moving on; In the shadow of a giant; On the move; First steps; What Einstein should have known; The masterwork
Legacy
Black holes and timewarps; Beyond reasonable doubt; Making waves; The Universe at large
The Icon of Science
Personal problems; Fame; A last quantum hurrah; Exile; Spooky action at a distance; The final years
Further Reading
Endnotes