The Principle Of Relativity: A Collection Of Original Papers On The Special And General Theory Of Relativity

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The Principle Of Relativity......Page 1 Title-Page......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Translator's Preface......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 1 MICHELSON'S INTERFERENCE EXPERIMENT Lorentz (1895)......Page 10 2 ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA IN A SYSTEM MOVING WITH ANY VELOCITY LESS THAN THAT OF LIGHT Lorentz (1904)......Page 18 3 ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MOVING BODIES Einsten (1905)......Page 44 4 DOES THE INERTIA OF A BODY DEPEND UPON ITS ENERGY-CONTENT? Einsten (1905)......Page 76 5 SPACE AND TIME Minkowski (1908)......Page 82 Notes By A. Sommerfeld......Page 101 6 ON THE INFLUENCE OF GRAVITATION ON THE PROPAGATION OF LIGHT Einstein (1911)......Page 106 7 THE FOUNDATION OF THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY Einstein (1916)......Page 118 8 HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY Einstein (1916)......Page 174 9 COSMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY Einstein (1917)......Page 184 10 DO GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES OF MATTER ? Einstein (1919)......Page 198 11 GRAVITATION AND ELECTRICITY Weyl (1918)......Page 208 CATALOUGE OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST......Page 227 Back Cover......Page 241