2. The Principles of General Relativity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. PART I: PRELIMINARIES
6. 1. Introduction 3
7. 2. Einstein’s First Trip to America 11
8. 3. Structure and Contents of The Meaning of Relativity 17
9. Part II. The Emerging World of General Relativity
10. 1. Physics and Geometry 25
11. 2. The Principles of General Relativity 34
12. 3. The First Solutions and the Challenge of Their Interpretation 46
13. 4. Einstein and the Astronomers 52
14. 5. The Genesis of Relativistic Cosmology 69
15. 6. The Controversy over Gravitational Waves 94
16. 7. Philosophical Debates on General Relativity 106
17. 8. The Quest for a Unified Field Theory 122
18. 9. Early Monographs on Relativity 140
19. 10. Beyond the Formative Years 155
20. Part III. Einstein’s Book with the Appendixes
21. 1. Space and Time in Pre- relativity Physics 161
22. 2. The Theory of Special Relativity 184
23. 3. The General Theory of Relativity 215
24. 4. The General Theory of Relativity (Continued) 239
25. 5. Appendix for the Second Edition: On the “Cosmologic Problem” 269
26. 6. Appendix II (PUP 4th edition, 1953): Generalization of Gravitation Theory 293
27. 7. Appendix II (PUP 5th edition, 1956): Relativistic Theory of the Non- symmetric Field 326
28. Part IV. The Popular Lectures
29. 1. Introductory Remarks 363
30. 2. Einstein’s Lectures 366
31. Part V. Biographical Notes on the Protagonists of the Formative Years
32. Index 409