Following up on his two previous works, The Principles of Natural
Knowledge and The Concept of Nature, Whitehead explains his alternative
theory of relativity, which "cuts away the casual heterogeneity" of
Einstein's later theory. Dividing his book into three parts--General
Principles, Physical Applications, and Elementary Theory of Tensors--the
author's arguments and observations utilize his own unique mix of
nature, philosophy, and "the old division between physics and geometry."
This work, first published in 1922, is essential reading for students,
teachers, scientists, or anyone interested in the relationship of
physics to philosophy. English mathematician and philosopher ALFRED
NORTH WHITEHEAD (1861-1947) contributed significantly to 20th-century
logic and metaphysics. With Bertrand Russell he cowrote the landmark
Principia Mathematica, and also authored The Concept of Nature, The
Function of Reason, and Process and Reality.