Relativity [electronic resource] The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition.
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TextPublication details: Princeton Princeton University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource (317 p.)ISBN: 0691193584; 9780691193588Subject(s): Relativity (Physics) | SCIENCE / Energy | SCIENCE / Mechanics / General | SCIENCE / Physics / General | Relativity (Physics) | SCIENCE / HistoryGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks Additional physical formats: Print version:: Relativity : The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary EditionDDC classification: 530.11 LOC classification: QC173.55Online resources: Click here to access online Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; CONTENTS; Einstein's Booklet: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory; PART I : The Special Theory of Relativity; 1. Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions; 2. The System of Co-ordinates; 3. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics; 4. The Galileian System of Co-ordinates; 5. The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense); 6. The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics; 7. The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity; 8. On the Idea of Time in Physics
9. The Relativity of Simultaneity10. On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance; 11. The Lorentz Transformation; 12. The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion; 13. Theorem of the Addition of the Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau; 14. The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity; 15. General Results of the Theory; 16. Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity; 17. Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space; PART II: The General Theory of Relativity; 18. Special and General Principle of Relativity; 19. The Gravitational Field
20. The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity21. In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?; 22. A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity; 23. Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference; 24. Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum; 25. Gaussian Co-ordinates; 26. The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum
27. The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is Not a Euclidean Continuum28. Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity; 29. 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; 30. Cosmological Difficulties of Newton's Theory; 31. The Possibility of a "Finite" and Yet "Unbounded" Universe; 32. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity; Appendixes; 1. Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation (Supplementary to Section 11) (1918)
2. Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space ("World") (Supplementary to Section 17) (1918)3. The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity (1920); 4. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity (Supplementary to Section 32) (1946); 5. Relativity and the Problem of Space (1953); A Reading Companion: Thirteen Commentaries; Physics and Geometry ( 1-2); Mechanics and Space ( 3-6); Light Propagation and Time ( 7-9); Light Propagation and Space ( 10-12 and Appendix 1); Physics in Relativistic Space and Time ( 13-16)
The World of Four Dimensions ( 17 and Appendix 2)
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