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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
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Albert Einstein’s Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (1920) is a
cornerstone of modern physics. Einstein intended this book for “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.”
Indeed, Einstein’s Relativity shall remain an illuminable and intelligible
exposition, highly quotable as one of the most lucid presentations of the
subject matter.

Table of Contents

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

Product Details

* ISBN: 0131862618
* ISBN-13: 9780131862616
* Format: Hardcover, 288pp
* Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
* Pub. Date: April 2005

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