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Relativity : the Special and General Theory eBook
Albert Einstein
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 100 pages of information about Relativity.
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Part II: The General Theory of Relativity
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Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
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PREFACE
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PART I
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PHYSICAL MEANING OF GEOMETRICAL PROPOSITIONS
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THE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
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SPACE AND TIME IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
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THE GALILEIAN SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
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ON THE IDEA OF TIME IN PHYSICS
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THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULATNEITY
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ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTION OF DISTANCE
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THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEASURING-RODS AND CLOCKS IN MOTION
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THE HEURISTIC VALUE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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GENERAL RESULTS OF THE THEORY
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Thus the body has the same energy as a body of mass
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EXPERIENCE AND THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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MINKOWSKI’S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
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PART II
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SPECIAL AND GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
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THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
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A FEW INFERENCES FROM THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
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BEHAVIOUR OF CLOCKS AND MEASURING-RODS ON A ROTATING BODY OF REFERENCE
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EUCLIDEAN AND NON-EUCLIDEAN CONTINUUM
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GAUSSIAN CO-ORDINATES
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EXACT FORMULATION OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
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PART III
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COSMOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES OF NEWTON’S THEORY
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THE POSSIBILITY OF A “FINITE” AND YET “UNBOUNDED” UNIVERSE
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THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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APPENDIX I
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APPENDIX II
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APPENDIX III
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APPENDIX IV
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