The evolution of scientific thought from Newton to Einstein

PREFACE

FOREWORD

PART I PRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS

CHAPTER I MANIFOLDS

CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF METRICAL GEOMETRY

CHAPTER III RIEMANN’S DISCOVERIES AND CONGRUENCE

CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF PHYSICAL SPACE

CHAPTER V AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES

CHAPTER VI TIME

CHAPTER VII SYSTEMS OF CO-ORDINATES AND DISTANCE