Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Introduction Preface PART I - THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITTY ONE - Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions TWO - The System of Co-ordinates THREE - Space and Time in Classical Mechanics FOUR - The Galileian System of Co-ordinates FIVE - The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense) SIX - The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics SEVEN - The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with ... EIGHT - On the Idea of Time in Physics NINE - The Relativity of Simultaneity TEN - On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance ELEVEN - The Lorentz Transformation TWELVE - The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion THIRTEEN - Theorem of the Addition of the Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau FOURTEEN - The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity FIFTEEN - General Results of the Theory SIXTEEN - Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity SEVENTEEN - Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space PART II - THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY EIGHTEEN - Special and General Principle of Relativity NINETEEN - The Gravitational Field TWENTY - The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the ... TWENTY-ONE - In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of ... TWENTY-TWO - A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity TWENTY-THREE - Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring-Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference TWENTY-FOUR - Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum TWENTY-FIVE - Gaussian Co-ordinates TWENTY-SIX - The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity ... TWENTY-SEVEN - The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is ... TWENTY-EIGHT - Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity TWENTY-NINE - The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the ... PART III - CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE THIRTY - Cosmological Difficulties of Newton's Theory THIRTY-ONE - The Possibility of a "Finite" and Yet "Unbounded" Universe THIRTY-TWO - The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity APPENDIX ONE - Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation APPENDIX TWO - Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space ("World") APPENDIX THREE - The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity Index