Relativity : the Special and General Theory
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An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himselfAccording to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his masterpiece, The General Theory of Relativity—which provided a brand-new theory of g...
Chapters (44)
- Relativity The Special and General Theory A Popular Exposition
- 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
- 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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