Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics. The format is quite different from other conferences as the emphasis is placed on ...
This book traces out the unfolding history of important discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics, and anchors our present understanding of the Universe ...
Originally published in 1916. PREFACE: The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those ...