Relativity : the Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein

EN·~2 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

Preface

1:36

PART I The Special Theory of Relativity

1:13:04

PART II The General Theory of Relativity

1:04:12

PART III Considerations on the Universe as a Whole

13:51

APPENDIX I Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation [Supplementary to Section ]

5:52

APPENDIX II Minkowski’s Four-Dimensional Space (“World”) [Supplementary to Section ]

1:43

APPENDIX III The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity

14:30

APPENDIX IV The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity [Supplementary to Section ]

4:08

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See also PG #30155 which is from a later print edition. Note especially that some of the automatically-generated formats of #5001 may not display images or equations correctly.

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Duration

~2 hours (171K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Methuen & Co Ltd, 1920

Release date

2004-02-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5001

Subjects

Relativity (Physics)QC

About the author

Albert Einstein

1879–1955

Best known for reshaping our understanding of space, time, and gravity, this world-famous physicist also helped lay the groundwork for quantum theory. His ideas changed modern science, and his name became almost synonymous with genius.

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