RELATIVITY, THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY

by Albert Einstein

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity
  • 01. Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
  • 02. The System of Co-ordinates
  • 03. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
  • 04. The Galileian System of Co-ordinates
  • 05. The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)
  • 06. The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities employed in Classical Mechanics
  • 07. The Apparent Incompatability of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity
  • 08. On the Idea of Time in Physics
  • 09. The Relativity of Simultaneity
  • 10. 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 Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
  • 14. The Hueristic 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 Relativity
  • 21. 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 Continuum
  • 28. 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  
• Appendices:
  • 01. Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation (sup. ch. 11)
  • 02. Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space ("World") (sup. ch 17)
  • 03. The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity
  • 04. The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity (sup. ch 32)
  • 05. Relativity and the Problem of Space