The Meaning of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition

Albert Einstein

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The Meaning of Relativity

Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition

Albert Einstein
With contributions by: Brian Greene
Preface by: Brian Greene

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper.

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Brian Greene is professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University. He is the author of the best-selling The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos.

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"A condensed unified presentation intended for one who has already gone through a standard text and digested the mechanics of tensor theory and the physical basis of relativity. Einstein's little book then serves as an excellent tying-together of loose ends and as a broad survey of the subject."

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Physics Relativity and Gravitational Physics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Brian Oreene Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
A Note on the Fifth Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The Theory of Special Relativity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	24
The General Theory of Relativity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
The General Theory of Relativity (Continued) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
Appendix for the Second Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
Appendix II. Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
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October 26, 2014

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9781400851874

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Fifth Edition

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400851874

eBook ISBN: 9781400851874

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Coordinate system; Special relativity; Theory of relativity; Equation; Theory; Quantity; Four-dimensional space; Tensor; Electromagnetic field; Gravitational field; Equations of motion; Coefficient; Special case; Curvature; Three-dimensional space (mathematics); Maxwell's equations; General relativity; Speed of light; Cartesian coordinate system; Calculation; Hypothesis; Gravity; Newton's law of universal gravitation; Order of magnitude; Tensor density; Variable (mathematics); Infinitesimal; Princeton University Press; Lorentz transformation; Classical electromagnetism; Classical mechanics; Geometry; Derivative; Spectral line; Euclidean geometry; Addition; Orthogonal transformation; Density; Simultaneous equations; Isotropy; Existential quantification; Dimension; Equivalence principle; Approximation; Physicist; Relative velocity; Electromagnetism; Axiom; Astronomy; Constant curvature; Boundary value problem; Acceleration; Metric space; Covariance and contravariance of vectors; Superstring theory; Elementary particle; Continuity equation; Theorem; Gravitational potential; Electricity; Circumference; Physical body; Displacement field (mechanics); Current density; Euclidean vector; Subtraction; Scientific notation; Bernhard Riemann; Cosmological constant; Scalar (physics)

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For a non-specialist adult audience

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