The evolution of scientific thought from Newton to Einstein
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. FOREWORD4. CHAPTER I MANIFOLDS5. CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF METRICAL GEOMETRY6. CHAPTER III RIEMANN’S DISCOVERIES AND CONGRUENCE7. CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF PHYSICAL SPACE8. CHAPTER V AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES9. CHAPTER VI TIME10. CHAPTER VII SYSTEMS OF CO-ORDINATES AND DISTANCE11. CHAPTER VIII THE MEANING OF THE WORD RELATIVITY12. CHAPTER IX THE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIVITY13. CHAPTER X CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND THE NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY14. CHAPTER XI THE ETHER15. CHAPTER XII THE EQUATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETICS AND LORENTZ’S THEORY16. CHAPTER XIII EINSTEIN’S SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY17. CHAPTER XIV RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS18. CHAPTER XV CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEW SPACE AND TIME MEASUREMENTS—SIMULTANEITY19. CHAPTER XVI PRACTICAL CONGRUENCE IN RELATIVITY20. CHAPTER XVII THE MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF EINSTEIN’S FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES21. CHAPTER XVIII THE DISCOVERY OF SPACE-TIME22. CHAPTER XIX VARIOUS POSSIBLE WORLDS23. CHAPTER XX THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF TIME24. CHAPTER XXI THE REALITY OF THE CONTRACTION OF LENGTHS AND OF THE LENGTHENING OF DURATIONS25. CHAPTER XXII AND THE TRIP TO THE STAR26. CHAPTER XXIII POTENTIALS AND FORCES27. CHAPTER XXIV THE POSTULATE OF EQUIVALENCE28. CHAPTER XXV THE INCLUSION OF GRAVITATION IN THE MODEL OF SPACE-TIME29. CHAPTER XXVI TENSORS AND THE LAWS OF NATURE30. CHAPTER XXVII THE PRINCIPLE OF GENERAL COVARIANCE, OR THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY31. CHAPTER XXVIII THE DISCOVERY OF THE EINSTEINIAN LAW OF GRAVITATION32. CHAPTER XXIX THE GENERAL LAWS OF MOTION33. CHAPTER XXX THE VERIFICATION OF EINSTEIN’S LAW34. CHAPTER XXXI THE SEPARATION OF SPACE-TIME INTO SPACE AND TIME IN A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD35. CHAPTER XXXII THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION36. CHAPTER XXXIII OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GRAVITATIONAL EQUATIONS37. CHAPTER XXXIV THE FINITENESS OF THE UNIVERSE38. CHAPTER XXXV THE IMPORTANCE OF SPACE-TIME, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION39. CHAPTER XXXVI THE MYSTERY OF MATTER40. CHAPTER XXXVII THE THEORIES OF WEYL AND EDDINGTON41. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE42. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE (continued 2)43. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE (continued 3)44. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE (continued 4)45. CHAPTER XXXIX THE CO-ORDINATION OF PHYSICAL FACTS ACCOMPLISHED BY RELATIVITY46. CHAPTER XL THE GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY47. APPENDIX I THE SPACE AND TIME GRAPHS48. APPENDIX II THE CURVATURES OF SPACE-TIME49. APPENDIX III THE GRAVITATIONAL EQUATIONS50. APPENDIX IV SPACE, GRAVITATION AND SPACE-TIME