Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity and Gravitation

Abstract

HERE is a readable book, excellently translated, for which we have again to thank Mr. H. L. Brose. Though it is called an introduction to the theory of relativity and gravitation, it is more strictly an essay on “The Inseparability of Geometry and Physics in Experience,” to quote the title of its fifth chapter. The main problem in presenting the work of Einstein to the physicist is to enable him to see how obstinately metaphysical he is.

Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity and Gravitation.

By Prof. Moritz Schlick. Rendered into English by Henry L. Brose. With an introduction by Prof. F. A. Lindemann. Pp. xi + 89. (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1920.)Price 6s. 6d. net.