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.

Subjects

Relativity (Physics)

About the author

Albert Einstein

1879–1955

Best known for changing the way we understand space, time, gravity, and light, this endlessly curious physicist became one of the most recognizable scientific minds in history. His ideas reshaped modern physics, while his public voice on peace, freedom, and human responsibility made him far more than a lab-bound genius.

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