Abstract
THE stream continues. Here are seven more books on relativity. It is difficult to know where to begin in commenting on such a collection. Mr. Reade's perhaps may be dismissed with a word; it ought not to have been written. Mr. Dingle's, on the other hand, is a serious little book by one who has caught the spirit of the matter. Within the limits of seventy small pages, without any mathematical symbols. he has done as well as can be expected in suggesting the various strains of thought that go to the making up of the theory. It is neither extravagant nor childish; it gives enough and not too much emphasis to illustrative analogies. The reader of this account may be assured that he is not being misled.
A Criticism of Einstein and his Problem.
By W. H. V. Reade. Pp. vi + 126. (Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1922.) 4s. 6d. net.
Relativity for All.
By Herbert Dingle. Pp. viii + 72. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1922.) 2s. net.
Einstein and the Universe: A Popular Exposition of the Famous Theory.
By Charles Nordmann. Translated by Joseph M'Cabe. Pp. 185. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1922.) 10s. 6d. net.
Le Principe de Relativité et la Théorie de la Gravitation.
Leçons professées en 1921 et 1922 à l'École polytechnique et au Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Par Prof. J. Becquerel. Pp. ix + 342. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1922.) 25 francs.
La Théorie einsteinienne de la Gravitation: Essai de vulgarisation de la théorie.
Par Prof. Gustave Mie. Ouvrage traduit de l'allemand. Pp. xi + 119. (Paris: J. Hermann, 1922.) 4.50 francs.
L'Éther actuel et ses précurseurs (simple récit).
Par E. M. Lémeray. Préface de L. Lecorme. Pp. ix + 141. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1922.)
Raum und Zeit im Lichte der speziellen Relativitätstheorie. Versuch eines synthetischen Aufbaus der speziellen Relatitivätstheorie.
Von Dr. C. Von Horvath. Pp. v + 58. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1921.) England, 36 marks; Germany, 12 marks.
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CUNNINGHAM, E. A Criticism of Einstein and his Problem Relativity for All Einstein and the Universe: A Popular Exposition of the Famous Theory Le Principe de Relativité et la Théorie de la Gravitation La Théorie einsteinienne de la Gravitation: Essai de vulgarisation de la théorie L'Éther actuel et ses précurseurs (simple récit) Raum und Zeit im Lichte der speziellen Relativitätstheorie Versuch eines synthetischen Aufbaus der speziellen Relatitivätstheorie . Nature 109, 770–772 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109770a0
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