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Relativity: The special and the general theory
By Albert Einstein
Length3h 22m
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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 book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory which has shaped the world we live in today. Unsurpassed by any subsequent books on relativity, this remains the most popular and useful exposition of Einstein’s immense contribution to human knowledge.In this work Einstein intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general and scientific philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The theory of relativity enriched physics and astronomy during the 20th century.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length3 hrs 22 mins
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Publish dateJul 8, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
201. PHYSICAL MEANING OF GEOMETRICAL PROPOSITIONS
302. THE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
403. SPACE AND TIME IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
504. THE GALILEIAN SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
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605. THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY (IN THE RESTRICTED SENSE)
706. THE THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES EMPLOYED IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
807. THE APPARENT INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE LAW OF PROPAGATION OF LIGHT WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
908. ON THE IDEA OF TIME IN PHYSICS
1009. THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULATNEITY
1110. ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTION OF DISTANCE
1211. THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION
1312. THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEASURING-RODS AND CLOCKS IN MOTION
1413. THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES. THE EXPERIMENT OF FIZEAU
1514. THE HEURISTIC VALUE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
1615. GENERAL RESULTS OF THE THEORY
1716. EXPERIENCE AND THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
1817. MINKOWSKI'S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
1918. SPECIAL AND GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
2019. THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
2120. THE EQUALITY OF INERTIAL AND GRAVITATIONAL MASS AS AN ARGUMENT FOR THE GENERAL POSTULE OF RELATIVITY
2224. EUCLIDEAN AND NON-EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
2321. IN WHAT RESPECTS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY UNSATISFACTORY?
2422. A FEW INFERENCES FROM THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
2523. BEHAVIOUR OF CLOCKS AND MEASURING-RODS ON A ROTATING BODY OF REFERENCE
2625. GAUSSIAN CO-ORDINATES
2726. THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM OF THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY CONSIDERED AS A EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
2827. THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY IS NOT A EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
2929. THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF GRAVITATION ON THE BASIS OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
3028. EXACT FORMULATION OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
3130. COSMOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES OF NEWTON'S THEORY
3231. THE POSSIBILITY OF A "FINITE" AND YET "UNBOUNDED" UNIVERSE
3332. THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
34APPENDIX I. SIMPLE DERIVATION OF THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 11)
35APPENDIX II. MINKOWSKI'S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE ("WORLD") (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 17)
36APPENDIX III. THE EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
37APPENDIX IV. THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 32)
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