Паули В.
Теория относительности. / (Серия: «Библиотека теоретической физики»).
Москва : Издательство «Наука»; Главная редакция физико-математической литературы, 1983.
336 с. : ил. ; Обычный формат. Твердый издательский переплет. Тираж 30 000 экз.
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Pauli, Wolfgang.
Theory of Relativity. / (Series: "Library of Theoretical Physics").
Moscow : Nauka Publishing House; Main Editorial Board for Physics and Mathematics Literature, 1983.
336 pp. : ill. ; Regular format. Hardcover. Edition of 30,000 copies. In Russian.
This 1983 edition is a translation of a monumental work by Wolfgang Pauli, one of the primary architects of 20th-century physics and the 1945 Nobel Prize laureate. Originally written as an encyclopedic article when Pauli was only 21 years old, the text remains one of the most profound and mathematically rigorous expositions of Einstein’s theories ever produced. It famously earned the highest praise from Albert Einstein himself for its psychological insight and technical mastery. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of space-time, including the arrangement of the Lorentz transformations, the transition from special to general relativity, and the complex tensor calculus required for the gravitational field equations.
The 336-page volume covers the entire spectrum of relativistic physics, from relativistic electrodynamics and mechanics to the cosmological implications of the general theory. Despite being a historical document from the formative years of the theory, Pauli’s clarity and logical progression make it an enduring textbook for theoretical physicists. Published by the Nauka house within the prestigious "Library of Theoretical Physics" series, this hardcover edition was essential for the libraries of Soviet scientists and students during the 1980s. With a print run of 30,000 copies, this 1983 Moscow imprint is a vital primary source for bibliophiles of science, capturing a seminal moment when a young genius systematically synthesized the revolutionary work of Einstein for the scientific community.