Relativity

ISBN-13: 9780415854719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 172 str.

Albert Einstein

Opis

"First published in 1916; English edition first published in the United Kingdom 1920 by Methuen First published by Routledge 1993."

Spis treści

Foreword to the Routledge Great Minds Edition  Preface  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 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 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 Relativity  21.  In what Respects are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the SpecialTheory 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:  1.  Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation [Supplementary to Section 11]  2.  Minkowski’s Four-dimensional Space ("World") [Supplementary to Section 17]  3.  The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity (a) Motion of the Perihelion of Mercury (b) Deflection of Light by a Gravitational Field (c) Displacement of Spectral Lines towards the Red 4 The Structure of Space according to the General Theory of Relativity [Supplementary to Section 32]  5.  Relativity and the Problem of Space  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Albert Einstein, Robert W. Lawson