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A handsome annotated edition of Einstein’s celebrated book on relativityAfter completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote Relativity. Intended for a popular audience, the book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. This edition of Einstein’s celebrated book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with commentaries by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn that examine the evolution of Einstein’s thinking and cast his ideas in a modern context. Providing invaluable insight into one of the greatest scientific minds of all time, the book also includes a unique survey of the introductions from past editions, covers from selected early editions, a letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein discussing the book, and a revealing sample from Einstein’s original handwritten manuscript
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- Einstein’s Booklet -- Preface -- Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity -- ONE. Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions -- TWO. The System of Co-ordinates -- THREE. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics -- FOUR. The Galileian System of Co-ordinates -- FIVE. The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense) -- SIX. The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics -- SEVEN. The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity -- EIGHT. On the Idea of Time in Physics -- NINE. The Relativity of Simultaneity -- TEN. On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance -- ELEVEN. The Lorentz Transformation -- TWELVE. The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion -- THIRTEEN. Theorem of the Addition of the Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau -- FOURTEEN. The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity -- FIFTEEN. General Results of the Theory -- SIXTEEN. Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity -- SEVENTEEN. Minkowski 's Four-Dimensional Space -- Part II: The General Theory of Relativity -- EIGHTEEN. Special and General Principle of Relativity -- NINETEEN. The Gravitational Field -- TWENTY. The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity -- TWENTY-ONE. In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory? -- TWENTY-TWO. A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity -- TWENTY-THREE. Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference -- TWENTY-FOUR. Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum -- TWENTY-FIVE .Gaussian Co-ordinates -- TWENTY-SIX. The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum -- TWENTY-SEVEN. The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is Not a Euclidean Continuum -- TWENTY-EIGHT. Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity -- TWENTY-NINE. 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 -- THIRTY. Cosmological Difficulties of Newton's Theory -- THIRTY-ONE. The Possibility of a "Finite" and Yet "Unbounded" Universe -- THIRTY-TWO. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity -- Appendixes -- A Reading Companion -- A History and Survey of Foreign-Language Editions -- Appended Documents -- Further Reading -- Index