The Theory of the Relativity of Motion
The Theory of the Relativity of Motion
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运动相对论
作者：
R. Tolman
这本书的作者认为很多事情都是理所当然的。对相对性原理感兴趣的主要来源是它要求在空间和时间概念上的革命。对大多数人来说，要使自己适应他们被要求在思想的这些基本要素中做出的改变是不容易的。但是，在这一点实现之前，“无论光源和观察者的相对运动如何，自由空间中的光速对所有观察者来说都是相同的”这一假设仍然是一个绊脚石，对这一假设的后果进行详细的数学讨论仍然是一个次要的问题。C.托尔曼Pp.九+225。（Berkeley：University of加州Press，1917）
THE author of this book takes much for granted. The main source of interest in the principle of relativity is the revolution which it demands in the concepts of space and time. It is not easy for most people to accommodate themselves to the changes which they are asked to make in these fundamental elements of their thought. But until this has been done the postulate “that the velocity of light in free space appears the same to all observers regardless of the relative motion of the source and the observer” is one that remains a stumbling-block, and the detailed mathematical discussion of the consequences of such a postulate must remain a matter of minor interest.The Theory of the Relativity of Motion.By R. C. Tolman. Pp. ix + 225. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1917.)