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Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity
  3. 3II — The System of Co-ordinates
  4. 4III — Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
  5. 5IV — The Galileian System of Co-ordinates
  6. 6V — The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)
  7. 7VI — The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities employed in Classica…
  8. 8VII — The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Lig…
  9. 9VIII — On the Idea of Time in Physics
  10. 10IX — The Relativity of Simultaneity
  11. 11X — On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
  12. 12XI — The Lorentz Transformation
  13. 13XII — The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion
  14. 14XIII — Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
  15. 15XIV — The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
  16. 16XV — General Results of the Theory
  17. 17XVI — Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
  18. 18XVII — Minkowski’s Four-dimensional Space
  19. 19Part II: The General Theory of Relativity
  20. 20XIX — The Gravitational Field
  21. 21XX — The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument…
  22. 22XXI — In What Respects are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics a…
  23. 23XXII — A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity
  24. 24XXIII — Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body o…
  25. 25XXIV — Euclidean and non-Euclidean Continuum
  26. 26XXV — Gaussian Co-ordinates
  27. 27XXVI — The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity…
  28. 28XXVII — The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativit…
  29. 29XXVIII — Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
  30. 30XXIX — The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of t…
  31. 31Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
  32. 32XXXI — The Possibility of a “Finite” and yet “Unbounded” Universe
  33. 33XXXII — The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of R…
  34. 34Appendices
  35. 35Appendix II — Minkowski’s Four-Dimensional Space (“World”) (Supplem…
  36. 36Appendix III — The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory…
  37. 37Appendix IV — The Structure of Space According to the General Theor…

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