CHAPTER THREE. Toward a New Theory of Gravitation

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. INTRODUCTION. A Difficult Theory 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Speed of Light and Classical Physics 4
7. CHAPTER TWO. Light and the Structure of Space-Time 24
8. CHAPTER THREE. Toward a New Theory of Gravitation 58
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Einstein’s Principles 76
10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Birth of General Relativity 103
11. CHAPTER SIX. General Relativity: A Physical Geometry 138
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Relativity Verified: Mercury’s Anomaly 149
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Relativity Verified: The Deflection of Light Rays 167
14. CHAPTER NINE. Relativity Verified: The Line Shift 196
15. CHAPTER TEN. The Crossing of the Desert 213
16. CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Unpopular Theory 244
17. CHAPTER TWELVE. The Rejection of Black Holes 255
18. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Paths in Schwarzschild’s Space-Time 284
19. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. No Ordinary Stars 310
20. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology 325
21. AFTERWORD. The Paths of General Relativity 346
22. Bibliography 349
23. Name Index 361