Relativity: The Special and the General Theory Book

	Introduction
	Relativity : the special and general theory	1
1	Physical meaning of geometrical propositions	5
2	The system of co-ordinates	9
3	Space and time in classical mechanics	13
4	The Galileian system of co-ordinates	16
5	The principle of relativity (in the restricted sense)	18
6	The theorem of the addition of velocities employed in classical mechanics	23
7	The apparent incompatibility of the law of propagation of light with the principle of relativity	25
8	On the idea of time in physics	29
9	The relativity of simultaneity	34
10	On the relativity of the conception of distance	38
11	The Lorentz transformation	40
12	The behaviour of measuring-rods and clocks in motion	47
13	Theorem of the addition of velocities : the experiment of Fizeau	51
14	The heuristic value of the theory of relativity	56
15	General results of the theory	58
16	Experience and the special theory of relativity	65
17	Minkowski's four-dimensional space	72
18	Special and general principle of relativity	77
19	The gravitational field	82
20	The equality of inertial and gravitational mass as an argument for the general postulate of relativity	86
21	In what respects are the foundations of classical mechanics and of the special theory of relativity unsatisfactory?	92
22	A few inferences from the general principle of relativity	95
23	Behaviour of clocks and measuring-rods on a rotating body of reference	101
24	Euclidean and non-Euclidean continuum	106
25	Gaussian co-ordinates	111
26	The space-time continuum of the special theory of relativity considered as a Euclidean continuum	116
27	The space-time continuum of the general theory of relativity is not a Euclidean continuum	119
28	Exact formulation of the general principle of relativity	123
29	The solution of the problem of gravitation on the basis of the general principle of relativity	127
30	Cosmological difficulties of Newton's theory	133
31	The possibility of a "finite" and yet "unbounded" universe	136
32	The structure of space according to the general theory of relativity	143
App. 1	Simple derivation of the Lorentz transformation	147
App. 2	Minkowski's four-dimensional space ("world")	155
App. 3	The experimental confirmation of the general theory of relativity	158
	Commentary	171
	The cultural legacy of relativity theory	225