ABSTRACT
Time's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned founder of modern physics. His theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory which has shaped the world we live in today. Unsurpassed by any subsequent books on relativity, this remains the most popular and useful exposition of Einstein's immense contribution to human knowledge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|41 pages
The Special Theory of Relativity
chapter 1|2 pages
Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
chapter 2|3 pages
The System of Co-ordinates
chapter 3|2 pages
Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
chapter 4|1 pages
The Galileian System of Co-ordinates
chapter 5|3 pages
The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)
chapter 8|3 pages
On the Idea of Time in Physics
chapter 9|2 pages
The Relativity of Simultaneity
chapter 10|2 pages
On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
chapter 11|4 pages
The Lorentz Transformation
chapter 12|2 pages
The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion
chapter 13|3 pages
Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
chapter 14|1 pages
The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
chapter 15|4 pages
General Results of the Theory
chapter 16|3 pages
Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
chapter 17|2 pages
Minkowski's Four-dimensional Space
part II|32 pages
The General Theory of Relativity
chapter 18|3 pages
Special and General Principle of Relativity
chapter 19|2 pages
The Gravitational Field
chapter 22|3 pages
A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity
chapter 23|3 pages
Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on A Rotating Body of Reference
chapter 24|3 pages
Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum
chapter 25|3 pages
Gaussian Co-ordinates
chapter 28|2 pages
Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
part III|9 pages
Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
