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The aim of this work is to study the principles upon which the classical and relativistic theories of the electromagnetic and gravitational fields are based. Thus, the primary object of the book is to present a simple exposition of Maxwell’s theory, of General Relativity and of the link between those two concepts, namely, Special Relativity.

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© 1966 D. Reidel Publishing Company / Dordrecht-Holland

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Tonnelat, MA. (1966). Preface. In: The Principles of Electromagnetic Theory and of Relativity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3550-7_1

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