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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• 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 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
• 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