The evolution of scientific thought from Newton to Einstein

About this eBook

Author

D'Abro, A. (Aram), 1886-1957

Original Publication

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Relativity (Physics)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74381

Release Date

September 6, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE EVOLUTION OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT FROM NEWTON TO EINSTEIN
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.FOREWORD
8. 8.PART I PRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS
9. 9.CHAPTER I MANIFOLDS
10. 10.CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF METRICAL GEOMETRY
11. 11.CHAPTER III RIEMANN’S DISCOVERIES AND CONGRUENCE
12. 12.CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF PHYSICAL SPACE
13. 13.CHAPTER V AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES
14. 14.CHAPTER VI TIME
15. 15.CHAPTER VII SYSTEMS OF CO-ORDINATES AND DISTANCE
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII THE MEANING OF THE WORD RELATIVITY
17. 17.CHAPTER IX THE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIVITY
18. 18.CHAPTER X CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND THE NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
19. 19.CHAPTER XI THE ETHER
20. 20.CHAPTER XII THE EQUATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETICS AND LORENTZ’S THEORY
21. 21.PART II THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII EINSTEIN’S SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS
24. 24.CHAPTER XV CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEW SPACE AND TIME MEASUREMENTS—SIMULTANEITY
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI PRACTICAL CONGRUENCE IN RELATIVITY
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII THE MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF EINSTEIN’S FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII THE DISCOVERY OF SPACE-TIME
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX VARIOUS POSSIBLE WORLDS
29. 29.CHAPTER XX THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF TIME
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI THE REALITY OF THE CONTRACTION OF LENGTHS AND OF THE LENGTHENING OF DURATIONS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII AND THE TRIP TO THE STAR
32. 32.PART III THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIII POTENTIALS AND FORCES
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIV THE POSTULATE OF EQUIVALENCE
35. 35.CHAPTER XXV THE INCLUSION OF GRAVITATION IN THE MODEL OF SPACE-TIME
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVI TENSORS AND THE LAWS OF NATURE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVII THE PRINCIPLE OF GENERAL COVARIANCE, OR THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
38. 38.CHAPTER XXVIII THE DISCOVERY OF THE EINSTEINIAN LAW OF GRAVITATION
39. 39.CHAPTER XXIX THE GENERAL LAWS OF MOTION
40. 40.CHAPTER XXX THE VERIFICATION OF EINSTEIN’S LAW
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXI THE SEPARATION OF SPACE-TIME INTO SPACE AND TIME IN A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXII THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIII OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GRAVITATIONAL EQUATIONS
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIV THE FINITENESS OF THE UNIVERSE
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXV THE IMPORTANCE OF SPACE-TIME, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXVI THE MYSTERY OF MATTER
47. 47.CHAPTER XXXVII THE THEORIES OF WEYL AND EDDINGTON
48. 48.PART IV THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE
49. 49.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE
50. 50.CHAPTER XXXIX THE CO-ORDINATION OF PHYSICAL FACTS ACCOMPLISHED BY RELATIVITY
51. 51.CHAPTER XL THE GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
52. 52.APPENDICES
53. 53.APPENDIX I THE SPACE AND TIME GRAPHS
54. 54.APPENDIX II THE CURVATURES OF SPACE-TIME
55. 55.APPENDIX III THE GRAVITATIONAL EQUATIONS
56. 56.APPENDIX IV SPACE, GRAVITATION AND SPACE-TIME — FOOTNOTES:

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