9. Time, Space, and Gravitation (1919)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction to the Public Writings xi
4. 1. On the Principle of Relativity (1914) 1
5. 2. Inaugural Lecture at the Prussian Academy of Sciences (1914) 4
6. 3. Manifesto to the Europeans (1914) 7
7. 4. Ernst Mach (1916) 10
8. 5. My Opinion on the War (1916) 17
9. 6. The Nightmare (1917) 20
10. 7. Motives for Research (1918) 21
11. 8. Dialogue about Objections to the Theory of Relativity (1921) 24
12. 9. Time, Space, and Gravitation (1919) 34
13. 10. Induction and Deduction in Physics (1919) 39
14. 11. Immigration from the East (1919) 41
15. 12. Uproar in the Lecture Hall/An Explanation (1920) 43
16. 13. A Confession (1920) 44
17. 14. Ether and the Theory of Relativity (1920) 46
18. 15. To the General Association for Popular Technical Education (1920) 57
19. 16. On New Sources of Energy (1920) 58
20. 17. My Response: On the Anti-Relativity Company (1920) 60
21. 18. On the Contribution of Intellectuals to International Reconciliation (1920) 63
22. 19. The Common Element in Artistic and Scientific Experience (1921) 65
23. 20. Geometry and Experience (1921) 65
24. 21. How I Became a Zionist (1921) 78
25. 22. The Development and Present Position of the Theory of Relativity (1921) 83
26. 23. On a Jewish Palestine (1921) 86
27. 24. The Impact of Science on the Development of Pacifism (1921) 89
28. 25. The Plight of German Science: A Danger for the Nation (1921) 90
29. 26. Preface to Bertrand Russell’s Political Ideals (1922) 92
30. 27. Review of Wolfgang Pauli, The Theory of Relativity (1922) 93
31. 28. In Memoriam Walther Rathenau (1922) 94
32. 29. On the Present Crisis of Theoretical Physics (1922) 96
33. 30. Musings on My Impressions in Japan (1923) 102
34. 31. My Impressions of Palestine (1923) 107
35. 32. Antisemitism and Academic Youth (1923) 110
36. 33. Review of Josef Winternitz’s Relativity Theory and Epistemology (1923) 112
37. 34. Sound Recording for the Prussian State Library (1924) 115
38. 35. The Compton Experiment: Does Science Exist for Its Own Sake? (1924) 116
39. 36. On the League of Nations (1924) 121
40. 37. Review of Alfred C. Elsbach’s Kant and Einstein (1924) 123
41. 38. Non-Euclidean Geometry and Physics (1925) 130
42. 39. Introductory Letter to Letters from Russian Prisons (1925) 135
43. 40. Why Zionism/A Message (1925) 136
44. 41. Pan-Europe (1925) 138
45. 42. The Mission of the Hebrew University/ A Word for the Journey (1925) 141
46. 43. On Ideals (1925) 143
47. 44. Space-Time, Encyclopædia Britannica (1926) 146
48. 45. New Experiments on the Effect of the Earth’s Motion on Light Velocity with Respect to the Earth (1927) 157
49. 46. Speech at Rally for the Keren Ha-Yesod in Berlin (1926) 160
50. 47. Newton’s Mechanics and Its Influence on the Formation of Theoretical Physics (1927) 161
51. 48. Review of Émile Meyerson’s La Déduction Relativiste (1928) 169
52. 49. The New Field Theory (1929) 174
53. 50. Einstein Believes in Spinoza’s God (1929) 183
54. 51. The Palestine Troubles (1929) 185
55. 52. To a Young Scholar (1929) 192
56. 53. What I Believe: Living Philosophies XIII (1930) 193
57. 54. Religion and Science (1930) 197
58. 55. Militant Pacifism/The Two Percent Speech (1930) 201
59. 56. Some Remarks Concerning My American Impressions (1931) 203
60. 57. The 1932 Disarmament Conference (1931) 206
61. 58. To American Negroes (1932) 208
62. 59. Why War? (1932) 210
63. 60. Is There a Jewish Philosophy? (1932) 213
64. 61. Statement on Hitler upon Leaving Pasadena (1933) 215
65. 62. Letter of Resignation from the Prussian Academy of Sciences (1933) 216
66. 63. Militant Pacifism No More (1933) 217
67. 64. On the Method of Theoretical Physics/The Herbert Spencer Lecture (1933) 218
68. 65. Science and Civilization/The Albert Hall Speech (1933) 225
69. 66. Foreword to “The Contribution of the Jews of Germany to German Civilization” (1933) 228
70. 67. On Germany and Hitler (1935) 230
71. 68. Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1936) 231
72. 69. The Calling of the Jews (1936) 236
73. 70. Why Do They Hate the Jews? (1938) 238
74. 71. Our Debt to Zionism (1938) 245
75. 72. Ten Fateful Years: Living Philosophies, Revised (1938) 247
76. 73. Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt (1939) 250
77. 74. Freedom and Science (1940) 252
78. 75. The Common Language of Science (1942) 255
79. 76. Newton’s 300th Birthday (1942) 258
80. 77. Remarks on Bertrand Russell’s Theory of Knowledge (1944) 262
81. 78. To the Heroes of the Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto (1944) 268
82. 79. On the Atomic Bomb (1945) 269
83. 80. On the American Council for Judaism (1945) 274
84. 81. Commemorative Words for Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945) 275
85. 82. The Way Out (1946) 277
86. 83. Foreword to Spinoza: Portrait of a Spiritual Hero (1946) 281
87. 84. A Message to My Adopted Country (1946) 283
88. 85. The Military Mentality (1947) 285
89. 86. In the Shadow of the Atomic Bomb (1947) 287
90. 87. A Plea for International Understanding (1947) 289
91. 88. Quantum Mechanics and Reality (1948) 291
92. 89. A Reply to the Soviet Scientists (1948) 296
93. 90. Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? (1948) 302
94. 91. Why Socialism? (1949) 305
95. 92. Autobiographical Notes (1949) 312
96. 93. Statement to the Society for Social Responsibility in Science (1950) 353
97. 94. Letter Declining the Presidency of Israel (1952) 354
98. 95. Elementary Considerations on the Interpretation of the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1953) 355
99. 96. Recollections–Souvenirs (1955) 361
100. Bibliography 369
101. Index 375