Relativity: The Special and General Theory
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A friendly writing style, attractive design, and rigorous standards for research will make this the perfect introduction to Albert Einstein for younger readers. From being a mediocre high school student in Germany to becoming a world-renowned physicist living in Princeton, N.J., the life and work of Albert Einstein is clearly explained in a question-and-answer format for younger readers. The combination of easy-to-read text, large photographs and illustrations, and simple experiments, clearly explain Einstein's scientific work, such as the "Theory of Relativity."
Chapters (46)
- Relativity: The Special and General Theory
- Authorised Translation by Robert W. Lawson
- PREFACE
- PART I: THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- I. PHYSICAL MEANING OF GEOMETRICAL PROPOSITIONS
- II. THE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
- III. SPACE AND TIME IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
- IV. THE GALILEIAN SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
- V. THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY (IN THE RESTRICTED SENSE)
- VI. THE THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES EMPLOYED IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
- VII. THE APPARENT INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE LAW OF PROPAGATION OF LIGHT WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
- VIII. ON THE IDEA OF TIME IN PHYSICS
- IX. THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULTANEITY
- X. ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTION OF DISTANCE
- XI. THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION
- XII. THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEASURING-RODS AND CLOCKS IN MOTION
- XIII. THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES. THE EXPERIMENT OF FIZEAU
- XIV. THE HEURISTIC VALUE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- XV. GENERAL RESULTS OF THE THEORY
- XVI. EXPERIENCE AND THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- XVII. MINKOWSKI’S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
- PART II: THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- XVIII. SPECIAL AND GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
- XIX. THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
- XX. THE EQUALITY OF INERTIAL AND GRAVITATIONAL MASS AS AN ARGUMENT FOR THE GENERAL POSTULATE OF RELATIVITY
- XXI. IN WHAT RESPECTS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY UNSATISFACTORY?
- XXII. A FEW INFERENCES FROM THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
- XXIII. BEHAVIOUR OF CLOCKS AND MEASURING-RODS ON A ROTATING BODY OF REFERENCE
- XXIV. EUCLIDEAN AND NON-EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
- XXV. GAUSSIAN CO-ORDINATES
- XXVI. THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY CONSIDERED AS A EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
- XXVII. THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY IS NOT A EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
- XXVIII. EXACT FORMULATION OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
- XXIX. THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF GRAVITATION ON THE BASIS OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
- PART III: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE
- XXX. COSMOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES OF NEWTON’S THEORY
- XXXI. THE POSSIBILITY OF A “FINITE” AND YET “UNBOUNDED” UNIVERSE
- XXXII. THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I SIMPLE DERIVATION OF THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION XI)
- APPENDIX II MINKOWSKI’S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE (“WORLD”) (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION XVII)
- APPENDIX III THE EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
- (a) Motion of the Perihelion of Mercury
- (b) Deflection of Light by a Gravitational Field
- (c) Displacement of Spectral Lines Towards the Red
- APPENDIX IV THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION XXXII)
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