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% define commands here\title{Relativity: The Special and General Theory}
\date{1916}
\author{Albert Einstein}
\maketitle
\subsection{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. The author has spared himself no
pains in his endeavour to present the main ideas in the simplest and
most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and
connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of
clearness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself
frequently, without paying the slightest attention to the elegance of
the presentation. I adhered scrupulously to the precept of that
brilliant theoretical physicist L. Boltzmann, according to whom
matters of elegance ought to be left to the tailor and to the cobbler.
I make no pretence of having withheld from the reader difficulties
which are inherent to the subject. On the other hand, I have purposely
treated the empirical physical foundations of the theory in a
"step-motherly" fashion, so that readers unfamiliar with physics may
not feel like the wanderer who was unable to see the forest for the
trees. May the book bring some one a few happy hours of suggestive
thought!
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\subsection{Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity}
01. Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions \\
02. \PMlinkname{The System of Co-ordinates}{SystemOfCoOrdinate} \\
03. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics\\
04. \PMlinkname{The Galileian System of Co-ordinates}{GalileanSystemOfCoOrdinates}\\
05. \PMlinkname{The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)}{PrincipleOfRelativityInTheRestrictedSense}\\
06. The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities employed in Classical Mechanics\\
07. \PMlinkname{The Apparent Incompatability of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity}{ApparentIncompatabilityOfTheLawOfPropagationOfLight}\\
08. On the Idea of Time in Physics\\
09. \PMlinkname{The Relativity of Simultaneity}{RelativityOfSimulatneity}\\
10. On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance\\
11. \PMlinkname{The Lorentz Transformation}{LorentzTransformation}\\
12. The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion\\
13. \PMlinkname{Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau}{TheoremOfTheAdditionOfVelocitiesTheExperimentOfFizeau}\\
14. \PMlinkname{The Hueristic Value of the Theory of Relativity}{HeuristicValueOfTheTheoryOfRelativity}\\
15. General Results of the Theory\\
16. \PMlinkname{Expereince and the Special Theory of Relativity}{ExperienceAndTheSpecialTheoryOfRelativity}\\
17. \PMlinkname{Minkowski's Four-dimensial Space}{MinkowskisFourDimensionalSpace}\\
\subsection{Part II: The General Theory of Relativity}
18. \PMlinkname{Special and General Principle of Relativity}{SpecialAndGeneralPrincipleOfRelativity} \\
19. \PMlinkname{The Gravitational Field}{GravitationalField} \\
20. \PMlinkname{The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity}{EqualityOfInertialAndGravitationalMassAsAnArgumentForTheGeneralPostulateOfRelativity} \\
\subsection{References}
This article and subsequent child entries are derived from the Einstein Reference Archive (marxists.org) 1999, 2002. \PMlinkexternal{Einstein Reference Archive}{http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/einstein/index.htm} which is under the FDL copyright.