Relativity: The Special and General Theory
by Albert Einstein
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About this eBook
- Author
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Title
- Relativity : the Special and General Theory
- Original Publication
- Methuen & Co Ltd, 1920
- Credits
- Brian Basgen and Jeroen Hellingman Revised by Richard Tonsing.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QC: Science: Physics
- Subject
- Relativity (Physics)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 5001
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5001
- Release Date
- February 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Relativity The Special and General Theory A Popular Exposition
- 2.Table of Contents
- 3.Preface
- 4.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
- 5.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
- 6.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
- 7.APPENDIX I Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation [Supplementary to Section XI ]
- 8.APPENDIX II Minkowski’s Four-Dimensional Space (“World”) [Supplementary to Section XVII ]
- 9.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
- 10.APPENDIX IV The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity [Supplementary to Section XXXII ]
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