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Relativity: The Special and General Theory

  
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 preface. 
PREFACE
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NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION
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Biographical Note
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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
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CONTENTS

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PART I THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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PHYSICAL MEANING OF GEOMETRICAL PROPOSITIONS
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THE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
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SPACE AND TIME IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
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THE GALILEIAN SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATES
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THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY (IN THE RESTRICTED SENSE)
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THE THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES EMPLOYED IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS
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THE APPARENT INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE LAW OF PROPAGATION OF LIGHT WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
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ON THE IDEA OF TIME IN PHYSICS
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THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULATNEITY
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ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE CONCEPTION OF DISTANCE
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THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION
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THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEASURING-RODS AND CLOCKS IN MOTION
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THEOREM OF THE ADDITION OF VELOCITIES. THE EXPERIMENT OF FIZEAU
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THE HEURISTIC VALUE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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GENERAL RESULTS OF THE THEORY
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EXPERIENCE AND THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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MINKOWSKI'S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
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PART II THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
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PART III CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE

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APPENDIX I SIMPLE DERIVATION OF THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION XI)
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APPENDIX II MINKOWSKI'S FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE ("WORLD") (SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION XVII)
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APPENDIX III THE EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
 Bibliography. 
Bibliography WORKS IN ENGLISH ON EINSTEIN'S THEORY
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RELATIVITY

THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY

BY

Albert Einstein, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN TRANSLATED BY ROBERT W. LAWSON, M.Sc. UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
New York
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1920
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