Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. I The Einstein Phenomenon 1
5. II Ideas on Progress and Revolutions in Science 31
6. III The Continents of Classical Physics and the Problems at Their Borders 64
7. IV Classical Physics Put Back on Its Feet—The Miraculous Year 94
8. V The Road to the General Theory of Relativity 138
9. VI The Einsteinian Revolution as a Transformation of a System of Knowledge 191
10. Notes 221
11. References 233
12. Index 241
13. A note on the type 251