| Preface |
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| Note to the Third Edition |
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| Translator's Note |
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PART I THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY |
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1 Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions |
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3 | (3) |
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2 The System of Coordinates |
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6 | (3) |
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3 Space And Time in Classical Mechanics |
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9 | (2) |
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4 The Galileian System of Coordinates |
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11 | (1) |
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5 The Principle of Relativity (In the Restricted Sense) |
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12 | (3) |
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6 The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics |
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15 | (1) |
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7 The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light With the Principle of Relativity |
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16 | (3) |
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8 On the Idea of Time in Physics |
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19 | (3) |
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9 The Relativity of Simultaneity |
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22 | (3) |
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10 On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance |
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25 | (2) |
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11 The Lorentz Transformation |
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27 | (5) |
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12 The Behavior of Measuring Rods And Clocks in Motion |
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32 | (3) |
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13 Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. the Experiment of Fizeau |
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35 | (4) |
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14 The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity |
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39 | (2) |
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15 General Results of the Theory |
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41 | (4) |
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16 Experience And the Special Theory of Relativity |
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45 | (4) |
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17 Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space |
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49 | (6) |
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PART II THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY |
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18 Special And General Principle of Relativity |
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55 | (4) |
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19 The Gravitational Field |
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59 | (3) |
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20 The Equality of Inertial And Gravitational Mass As An Argument For the General Postulate of Relativity |
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62 | (4) |
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21 In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics And of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory? |
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66 | (2) |
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22 A Few Inferences From the General Principle of Relativity |
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68 | (4) |
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23 Behavior of Clocks And Measuring Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference |
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72 | (3) |
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24 Euclidean And Non-Euclidean Continuum |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (4) |
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26 The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum |
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82 | (2) |
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27 The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity is Not a Euclidean Continuum |
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84 | (3) |
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28 Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity |
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87 | (3) |
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29 The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity |
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90 | (7) |
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PART III CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE |
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30 Cosmological Difficulties of Newton's Theory |
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97 | (2) |
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31 The Possibility of a "Finite" And Yet "Unbounded" Universe |
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99 | (4) |
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32 The Structure of Space According To the General Theory of Relativity |
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103 | (4) |
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1 Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation [ Supplementary To Section 11] |
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107 | (6) |
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2 Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space ("World") [ Supplementary To Section 17] |
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113 | (2) |
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3 The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity |
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115 | (10) |
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(A) Motion of the Perihelion of Mercury |
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116 | (2) |
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(B) Deflection of Light By a Gravitational Field |
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118 | (2) |
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(C) Displacement of Spectral Lines Towards the Red |
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120 | (5) |
| Endnotes |
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125 | (6) |
| Index |
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