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  • Relativity
  • Written by author Albert Einstein
  • Published by BiblioBazaar, March 2009
  • Time's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned founder of modern physics. His theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical te
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Preface
Pt. IThe Special Theory of Relativity
1Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions3
2The System of Co-ordinates6
3Space and Time in Classical Mechanics10
4The Galileian System of Co-ordinates12
5The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)14
6The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics18
7The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity20
8On the Idea of Time in Physics23
9The Relativity of Simultaneity27
10On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance30
11The Lorentz Transformation32
12The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion37
13Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau40
14The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity44
15General Results of the Theory46
16Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity51
17Minkowski's Four-dimensional Space56
Pt. IIThe General Theory of Relativity
18Special and General Principle of Relativity61
19The Gravitational Field65
20The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity68
21In what Respects are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?72
22A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity75
23Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference79
24Euclidean and non-Euclidean Continuum83
25Gaussian Co-ordinates87
26The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum91
27The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity is not a Euclidean Continuum94
28Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity97
29The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity100
Pt. IIIConsiderations on the Universe as a Whole
30Cosmological Difficulties of Newton's Theory107
31The Possibility to a "Finite" and yet "Unbounded" Universe110
32The Structure of Space according to the General Theory of Relativity115
App. 1Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation [Supplementary to Section 11]117
App. 2Minkowski's Four-dimensional Space ("World") [Supplementary to Section 17]124
App. 3The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity126
App. 4The Structure of Space according to the General Theory of Relativity [Supplementary to Section 32]136
App. 5Relativity and the Problem of Space139
Bibliography159
Index161


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