The Special and the General Theory

About this eBook

Author

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Title

Relativity: The Special & the General Theory A Popular Exposition, 3rd ed.

Credits

Andrew D. Hwang. HTML version by Laura Natal. (This ebook was produced using OCR text generously provided by the University of Toronto Robarts Library through the Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Relativity (Physics)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36114

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36114

Release Date

May 15, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.RELATIVITY
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.CONTENTS
8. 8.RELATIVITY THE SPECIAL AND THE GENERAL THEORY
9. 9.PART I THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY — I PHYSICAL MEANING OF GEOMETRICAL PROPOSITIONS
10. 10.II THE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
11. 11.III SPACE AND TIME IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
12. 12.IV THE GALILEIAN SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
13. 13.V THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY (IN THE RESTRICTED SENSE)
14. 14.VI THE THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES EMPLOYED IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
15. 15.VII THE APPARENT INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE LAW OF PROPAGATION OF LIGHT WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
16. 16.VIII ON THE IDEA OF TIME IN PHYSICS
17. 17.IX THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULTANEITY
18. 18.X ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTION OF DISTANCE
19. 19.XI THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION
20. 20.XII THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEASURING-RODS AND CLOCKS IN MOTION
21. 21.XIII THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES. THE EXPERIMENT OF FIZEAU
22. 22.XIV THE HEURISTIC VALUE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
23. 23.XV GENERAL RESULTS OF THE THEORY
24. 24.XVI EXPERIENCE AND THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
25. 25.XVII MINKOWSKI'S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
26. 26.PART II THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY — XVIII SPECIAL AND GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
27. 27.XIX THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
28. 28.XX THE EQUALITY OF INERTIAL AND GRAVITATIONAL MASS AS AN ARGUMENT FOR THE GENERAL POSTULATE OF RELATIVITY
29. 29.XXI IN WHAT RESPECTS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY UNSATISFACTORY?
30. 30.XXII A FEW INFERENCES FROM THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
31. 31.XXIII BEHAVIOUR OF CLOCKS AND MEASURING-RODS ON A ROTATING BODY OF REFERENCE
32. 32.XXIV EUCLIDEAN AND NON-EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
33. 33.XXV GAUSSIAN CO-ORDINATES
34. 34.XXVI THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY CONSIDERED AS A EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
35. 35.XXVII THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY IS NOT A EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
36. 36.XXVIII EXACT FORMULATION OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
37. 37.XXIX THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF GRAVITATION ON THE BASIS OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
38. 38.PART III CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE — XXX COSMOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES OF NEWTON'S THEORY
39. 39.XXXI THE POSSIBILITY OF A "FINITE" AND YET "UNBOUNDED" UNIVERSE
40. 40.XXXII THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
41. 41.APPENDICES — APPENDIX I SIMPLE DERIVATION OF THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION [SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION XI]
42. 42.APPENDIX II MINKOWSKI'S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE ("WORLD")
43. 43.APPENDIX III THE EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
44. 44.BIBLIOGRAPHY
45. 45.INDEX
46. 46.Untitled

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