Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation
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- A selection of material from the essays submitted in the competition for the Eugene Higgins prize of $5,000
J. Malcolm (James Malcolm) Bird
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. Table of Contents4. Table of Contents5. I. THE EINSTEIN $5,000 PRIZE6. II. THE WORLD—AND US7. III THE RELATIVITY OF UNIFORM MOTION8. IV THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY9. V THAT PARALLEL POSTULATE10. VI THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM11. VII RELATIVITY12. VIII THE NEW CONCEPTS OF TIME AND SPACE13. IX THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY14. X SPACE, TIME AND GRAVITATION15. XI THE PRINCIPLE OF GENERAL RELATIVITY16. XII FORCE VS. GEOMETRY17. XIII AN INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVITY18. XIV NEW CONCEPTS FOR OLD19. XV THE NEW WORLD20. XVI THE QUEST OF THE ABSOLUTE21. XVII THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF RELATIVITY22. XVIII THE PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RELATIVITY23. XIX EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY24. XX EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF GRAVITATION25. XXI THE EQUIVALENCE HYPOTHESIS26. XXII THE GENERAL THEORY