Author: Hentschel, Klaus
Title: The Einstein Tower : An Intertexture of Dynamic Construction, Relativity Theory, and Astronomy
Description: Stanford [CA], Stanford University Press, (1997). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xv,226 pp, Translated by Ann M. Hentschel.. Textual photo illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Young Astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich; A Theorist's Observer: Freundlich's Collaboration with Einstein from 1911; Relativity Theory Under Scrutiny: Experimental Testing; Statistical Investigations of Gravitational Redshift, 1915-1916; Berlin Science Politics: Support for Freundlich from 1913; Astrophysics at Potsdam & Elsewhere; Erich Mendelsohn & the Tower Telesciope Design; Research at the Einstein Tower During the Freundlich Era; The Solar Eclipse Expedition of 1929; Clashes Between Freundlich & Ludendorff; Political Transition & Exile; A Solitary Fate: Photon-Pluton Interaction; A Bird's Eye View.

Keywords: Erwin Finlay Freundlich, Relativity Theory, Relativistic, Astrophysics, German Astronomers, History of Science, Astronomy, Physics Physicists, Albert Einstein