EINSTEIN, Albert. Geometrie und Erfahrung. Berlin, Springer, 1921.
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8vo, mm. 210x140; Editorial wrappers; pp. 20; 2 illustations.
FIRST EDITION. In this important corollary of the theory of relativity, entitled Geometry and Experience, Einstein explains his theory that space is in compliance with the principles of non-Euclidean geometry. The writing had appeared in the same year in the reports of the Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, part 1, pp. 123-130: but here it is published in its own right for the first time, with numerous additions to the original text of the scientist.
D.S.B.: “During these years Einstein was also concerned to clarify misconceptions about the theory of relativity and to present his views on natural sciences on a less abstract level. Among his efforts in this direction, one particularly beautiful lecture must be mentioned. In 1921, at the Prussian Academy’s commemorative session honoring Frederick the Great, Einstein delivered a lecture on geometry and experience in which he summed up his views on the geometrization of physics and relativity and the relation of mathematics to the external world.41 Here he gave his famous answer to the puzzling question of why mathematics should be so well adapted to describing the external world: “As far as the Laws of Mathematics refer to the external world, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”
Waller 12, 129; Weil 115; D.S.B., Vol. 4, p. 330. Cfr. Boni, Russ and Laurence 122, [journal issue].
Bell'esemplare.
FIRST EDITION. In this important corollary of the theory of relativity, entitled Geometry and Experience, Einstein explains his theory that space is in compliance with the principles of non-Euclidean geometry. The writing had appeared in the same year in the reports of the Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, part 1, pp. 123-130: but here it is published in its own right for the first time, with numerous additions to the original text of the scientist.
D.S.B.: “During these years Einstein was also concerned to clarify misconceptions about the theory of relativity and to present his views on natural sciences on a less abstract level. Among his efforts in this direction, one particularly beautiful lecture must be mentioned. In 1921, at the Prussian Academy’s commemorative session honoring Frederick the Great, Einstein delivered a lecture on geometry and experience in which he summed up his views on the geometrization of physics and relativity and the relation of mathematics to the external world.41 Here he gave his famous answer to the puzzling question of why mathematics should be so well adapted to describing the external world: “As far as the Laws of Mathematics refer to the external world, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”
Waller 12, 129; Weil 115; D.S.B., Vol. 4, p. 330. Cfr. Boni, Russ and Laurence 122, [journal issue].
Bell'esemplare.
