Learning the Physics of Einstein with Georges Lemaitre
This book presents the first English translation of the original French treatise "La Physique d'Einstein" written by the young Georges Lemaître in 1922, only six years after the publication of Albert…
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This book presents the first English translation of the original French treatise "La Physique d'Einstein" written by the young Georges Lemaître in 1922, only six years after the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity. It includes an historical introduction and a critical edition of the original treatise in French supplemented by the author's own later additions and corrections.Monsignor Georges Lemaître can be considered the founder of the "Big Bang Theory" and a visionary architect of modern Cosmology. The scientific community is only beginning to grasp the full extent of the legacy of this towering figure of 20th century physics. Against the best advice of the greatest names of his time, the young Lemaître was convinced, solely through the study of Einstein's theory of General Relativity, that space and time must have had a beginning