Dover phoenix editions
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After an introduction tracing the transformation of mathematico-physical thought from Newton and Poincare to Einstein, the book covers geometry and the shape of the earth, space and time in astronomy, abstract geometry and geographical maps, continuity and topology, the propagation of light, the special theory of relativity, the general theory of relativity, and theoretical and experimental researches.
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The continuum, and other types of serial order, with an introduction to Cantor's transfinite numbers
L' espace et le temps
After an introduction tracing the transformation of mathematico-physical thought from Newton and Poincare to Einstein, the book covers geometry and the shape of the earth, space and time in astronomy, abstract geometry and geographical maps, continuity and topology, the propagation of light, the special theory of relativity, the general theory of relativity, and theoretical and experimental researches.