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Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein

This is an introduction to Einstein’s space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself. Special and General relativity explain the structure of space time and provide a theory of gravitation, respectively. Einstein’s theories shocked the world with their counterintuitive results, including the dissolution of absolute time. In this book he brings a simplified form of his profound understanding of the subject to the layperson. In the words of Einstein: “The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics.” The book is challenging at times but, when approached patiently, proves itself one of the most lucid explanations of Relativity to be found anywhere. [Due to transcription or optical character recognition error

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  1. Preface

  2. <b>Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity</b></b><br>01. Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions</b><br>02. The System of Co-ordinates</b><br>03. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics

  3. 04. The Galileian System of Co-ordinates</b><br>05. The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)</b><br>06. The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities employed in Classical Mechanics

  4. 07. The Apparent Incompatability of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity</b><br>08. On the Idea of Time in Physics</b><br>09. The Relativity of Simultaneity

  5. 10. On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance</b><br>11. The Lorentz Transformation</b><br>12. The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion

  6. 13. Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau</b><br>14. The Hueristic Value of the Theory of Relativity</b><br>15. General Results of the Theory

  7. 16. Expereince and the Special Theory of Relativity</b><br>17. Minkowski's Four-dimensial Space

  8. <b>Part II: The General Theory of Relativity</b></b><br>18. Special and General Principle of Relativity</b><br>19. The Gravitational Field</b><br>20. The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity

  9. 21. In What Respects are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?</b><br>22. A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity</b><br>23. Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference

  10. 24. Euclidean and non-Euclidean Continuum</b><br>25. Gaussian Co-ordinates</b><br>26. The Space-Time Continuum of the Speical Theory of Relativity

  11. 27. The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity is Not a Eculidean Continuum</b><br>28. Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity</b><br>29. The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the

  12. <b>Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole</b></b><br>30. Cosmological Difficulties of Netwon's Theory</b><br>31. The Possibility of a "Finite" and yet "Unbounded" Universe</b><br>32. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity

  13. Appendix III

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This is an introduction to Einstein’s space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself. Special and General relativity explain the structure of space time and provide a theory of gravitation, respectively. Einstein’s theories shocked the world with their counterintuitive results, including the dissolution of absolute time. In this book he brings a simplified form of his profound understanding of the subject to the layperson. In the words of Einstein: “The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics.” The book is challenging at times but, when approached patiently, proves itself one of the most lucid explanations of Relativity to be found anywhere. [Due to transcription or optical character recognition error

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