Ludwik Silberstein

Ludwik Silberstein
Nascimento17 de maio de 1872
Varsóvia
Morte17 de janeiro de 1948 (75 anos)
Rochester
CidadaniaPolónia
Alma mater
  • Universidade de Heidelberg
  • Universidade Humboldt de Berlim
Ocupaçãofísico

Ludwik Silberstein (Varsóvia, 17 de maio de 1872 – 17 de janeiro de 1948) foi um físico polonês-estadunidense.

Foi palestrante do Congresso Internacional de Matemáticos em Cambridge (1912) e Toronto (1924).

Bibliografia

  • José Sanchez-Ron: The reception of special relativity in Great Britain, in Thomas Glick (Editor): The Comparative Reception of Relativity, Springer 2007 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science Bd.103)
  • Peter Havas, The General-Relativistic Two-Body Problem and the Einstein-Silberstein Controversy, in: Earman, Norton, Janssen (Herausgeber): The Attraction of Gravitation - new studies in the history of general relativity, Birkhäuser 1993, S.88-125

Obras

  • The theory of relativity, MacMillan 1914, online
  • Elements of the electromagnetic theory of light, Longmans, Green and Company, London 1918
  • Simplified method of tracing rays through any optical system of lenses, prisms, and mirrors, Longmans, Green and Company 1918
  • Vectorial Mechanics, Macmillan 1926
  • Elements of Vector Algebra, Longmans, Green and Company 1919
  • Projective vector algebra; an algebra of vectors independent of the axioms of congruence and of parallels, Londres, G. Bell 1919
  • The size of the universe; attempts at a determination of the curvature radius of spacetime, Oxford University Press 1930
  • The theory of general relativity and gravitation, Van Nostrand 1922 (Lições em Toronto 1921)

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