Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

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Penguin, 25.07.2006 - 208 Seiten
An easy to understand collection of the ideas of one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century including the idea he is most known for, the theory of relativity

Redesigned inside and out to have a fresh, appealing look, this new edition of a classic Crown Trade Paperback is a collection of Einstein's own popular writings on his work and describes the meaning of his main theories in a way virtually everyone can understand.
 

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Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
7
The System of Coordinates
10
Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
13
The Galileian System of Coordinates
15
The Principle of Relativity in the Restricted Sense
16
The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics
19
The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity
20
On the Idea of Time in Physics
23
In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?
67
A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity
69
Behaviour of Clocks and MeasuringRods on a Rotating Body of Reference
73
Euclidean and NonEuclidean Continuum
76
Gaussian Coordinates
79
The SpaceTime Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum
83
The SpaceTime Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is Not a Euclidean Continuum
85
Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
88

The Relativity of Simultaneity
26
On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
29
The Lorentz Transformation
31
The Behaviour of MeasuringRods and Clocks in Motion
36
Theorem of the Addition of the Velocities The Experiment of Fizeau
38
The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
42
General Results of the Theory
44
Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
48
Minkowskis FourDimensional Space
52
Special and General Principle of Relativity
57
The Gravitational Field
60
The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity
63
The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity
91
Cosmological Difficulties of Newtons Theory
97
The Possibility of a Finite and Yet Unbounded Universe
99
The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity
103
Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation
105
Minkowskis FourDimensional Space World
111
The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity
113
a Motion of the Perihelion of Mercury
114
b Deflection of Light by a Gravitational Field
116
c Displacement of Spectral Lines towards the Red
118
Index
123
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Albert Einstein (1879–1955), one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, was born in Ulm, Germany, to German-Jewish parents. He published his first great theories in Switzerland in the early 1900s while working as a patent clerk.

Nigel Calder, educated as a physicist at Cambridge University, began his full-time writing career on the original staff of New Scientist magazine. His most recent book is the bestselling Einstein's Universe.

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