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The RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORYBY ALBERT EINSTEINCONTENTSPrefacePart I: The Special Theory of Relativity01. Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions02. The System of Co-ordinates03. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics04. The Galileian System of Co-ordinates05. The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)06. The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities employed inClassical Mechanics07. The Apparent Incompatability of the Law of Propagation ofLight with the Principle of Relativity08. On the Idea of Time in Physics09. The Relativity of Simultaneity10. On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance11. The Lorentz Transformation12. The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion13. Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau14. The Hueristic Value of the Theory of Relativity15. General Results of the Theory16. Expereince and the Special Theory of Relativity17. Minkowski's Four-dimensial SpacePart II: The General Theory of Relativity18. Special and General Principle of Relativity19. The Gravitational Field20. The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argumentfor the General Postulate of Relativity21. In What Respects are the Foundations of Classical Mechanicsand of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?22. A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity23. Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body ofReference24. Euclidean and non-Euclidean Continuum25. Gaussian Co-ordinates26. The Space-Time Continuum of the Speical Theory of RelativityConsidered as a Euclidean Continuum27. The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativityis Not a Eculidean Continuum28. Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity29. The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of theGeneral Principle of RelativityPart III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole30. Cosmological Difficulties of Netwon's Theory31. The Possibility of a "Finite" and yet "Unbounded" Universe32. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory ofRelativityAppendices:01. Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation (sup. ch. 11)02. Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space ("World") (sup. ch 17)03. The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity04. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory ofRelativity (sup. ch 32)05. Relativity and the Problem of Space |
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