The Book of Relativity summarizes and comments on the following book by Einstein:
RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY
Written by A. Einstein (1879-1955)
Translated by
ROBERT W. LAWSON
First published by Henry Holt and Company, New York (1920)
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CONTENTS
Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity
Section I: Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
Section II: The System of Co-ordinates
Section III: Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
Section IV: The Galileian System of Co-ordinates
Section V: The Principle of Relativity (In the Restricted Sense)
Section VI: The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics
Section VII: The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity
Section VIII: On the Idea of Time in Physics
Section IX: The Relativity of Simultaneity
Section X: On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
Section XI: The Lorentz Transformation
Section XII: The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion
Section XIII: Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
Section XIV: The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
Section XV: General Results of the Theory
Section XVI: Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
Section XVII: Minkowski’s Four-Dimensional Space
Part II: The General Theory of Relativity
Section XVIII: Special and General Principle of Relativity
Section XIX: The Gravitational Field
Section XX: The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity
Section XXI: In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?
Section XXII: A Few Inferences from the General Theory of Relativity
Section XXIII: Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference
Section XXIV: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum
Section XXV: Gaussian Co-ordinates
Section XXVI: The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum
Section XXVII: The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is not a Euclidean Continuum
Section XXVIII: Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
Section XXIX: The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity
Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
Section XXX: Cosmological Difficulties of Newton’s Theory
Section XXXI: The Possibility of a “Finite” and Yet “Unbounded” Universe
Section XXXII: The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity
Appendices
Appendix I: Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation
Appendix II: Minkowski’s Four-Dimensional “World”
Appendix III: The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity
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