The Nobel Prize-winning scientist's presentation of his landmark theory
According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his masterpiece, "The General Theory of Relativity" -- which provided a brand-new theory of...

Johannes Kepler: Life and Letters was written as a biography of Johannes Kepler using his own letters. The letters extend over a period of time from 1596 to 1631 bringing to the reader Keplers personality rather than his scientific achievements. The book represents his youth and years of apprenticeship, marriage and First scholarly achievements, the imperial mathematics at the Court in Prague, the Difficult Years in Linz and the Oddessy of the last four years incompassing 1948 to 1951."

Albert Einstein was a German theoretical physicist noted for his theory of relativity. He won the Noble Prize for physics in 1921. Einstein was awarded Time magazine's person of the century award. He is by far the greatest physicist producing theories that have changed the way we look at the world. This volume contains Ether and the Theory of Relativity, which was as address delivered on May 5, 1920 at the University of Leyden. Also included in this volume is Geometry and Experience, which was an expanded form of an Address to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin on January 27th, 1921.

This collection of original papers on the special and general theories of relativity constitutes an indispensable part of a library on relativity.

Here are the 11 papers that forged the general and special theories of relativity: seven papers by Einstein, plus two papers by Lorentz and one each by Minkowski and Weyl.

Science and religion are compatible, declares the famous physicist. In these essays, Einstein views science as the basis for a "cosmic" religion, embraced by scientists, theologians, and all who share a sense of wonder in the rationality and beauty of the universe.
In the course of his career, Einstein wrote more than 300 scientific and 150 nonscientific publications. These essays date from the 1930s and 40s. In direct, everyday language the author develops a coherent view that transcends both the antiquated religion of fear and the modern religion of ethics. His concept of cosmic...

In der vorliegenden Ausarbeitung von vier Vortragen, die ich an der Universitat Princeton im Mai 1921 gehalten habe, wollte ich die Hauptgedanken und mathematischen Methoden der Relativitatstheorie zusammenfassen. Dabei habe ich mich bemuht, alles weniger Wesentliche wegzulassen, das Grundsatzliche aber doch so zu behandeln, dass das Ganze als Einfuhrung fur alle diejenigen dienen kann, welche die Elemente der hoheren Mathematik beherrschen, aber nicht allzuviel Zeit und Muhe auf den Gegenstand verwenden wollen. Auf Vollstandigkeit kann diese kurze Darlegung selbstverstandlich keinen Anspruch...

Originally published in 1916. PREFACE: The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a university matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of patience and force of will on the part of the reader....Many of the earliest books, particularly...

The theory of relativity, or simply relativity, refers specifically to two theories of Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. Special relativity is a theory of the structure of spacetime, introduced by Einstein in 1905 and general relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Einstein in 1907-1915.