Einstein's theory of relativity
By: by Max Born, translated by Henry L. Brose with 135 diagrams and a portrait.
Contributors: Brose, Henry L. 1890-
Publisher: E. P. Dutton and company, publishers
Published: 1922
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Relativity (Physics)
Table of contents: label: Chapter I
title: Geometry and Cosmology; label: § 1
title: The Origin of the Art of Measuring Space and Time
pagenum: 7; label: § 2
title: Units of Length and Time
pagenum: 7; label: § 3
title: Origin and Co-ordinate System
pagenum: 8; label: § 4
title: The Axioms of Geometry
pagenum: 9; label: § 5
title: The Ptolemaic System
pagenum: 10; label: § 6
title: The Copernican System
pagenum: 11; label: § 7
title: The Elaboration of the Copernican Doctrine
pagenum: 13; label: Chapter II
title: The Fundamental Laws of Classical Mechanics; label: § 1
title: Equilibrium and the Conception of Force
pagenum: 15; label: § 2
title: The Study of Motions-Rectilinear Motion
pagenum: 16; label: § 3
title: Motion in a Plane
pagenum: 23; label: § 4
title: Circular Motion
pagenum: 24; label: § 5
title: Motion in Space
pagenum: 26; label: § 6
title: Dynamics-The Law of Inertia
pagenum: 27; label: § 7
title: Impulses
pagenum: 28; label: § 8
title: The Law of Impulses
pagenum: 29; label: § 9
title: Mass
pagenum: 30; label: § 10
title: Force and Acceleration
pagenum: 32; label: § 11
title: Example-Elastic Vibrations
pagenum: 34; label: § 12
title: Weight and Mass
pagenum: 36; label: § 13
title: Analytical Mechanics
pagenum: 39; label: § 14
title: The Law of Energy
pagenum: 41; label: § 15
title: Dynamical Units of Force and Mass
pagenum: 45; label: Chapter III
title: The Newtonian World-System; label: § 1
title: Absolute Space and Absolute Time
pagenum: 48; label: § 2
title: Newton's Law of Attraction
pagenum: 51; label: § 3
title: General Gravitation
pagenum: 53; label: § 4
title: Celestial Mechanics
pagenum: 56; label: § 5
title: The Relativity Principle of Classical Mechanics
pagenum: 59; label: § 6
title: Limited Absolute Space
pagenum: 61; label: § 7
title: Galilei Transformations
pagenum: 62; label: § 8
title: Inertial Forces
pagenum: 67; label: § 9
title: Centrifugal Forces and Absolute Space
pagenum: 69; label: Chapter IV
title: The Fundamental Laws of Optics; label: § 1
title: The Ether
pagenum: 75; label: § 2
title: The Corpuscular and the Undulatory Theory
pagenum: 76; label: § 3
title: The Velocity of Light
pagenum: 79; label: § 4
title: Fundamental Conceptions of the Wave Theory Interference
pagenum: 83; label: § 5
title: Polarisation and Transversality of Light Waves
pagenum: 90; label: § 6
title: The Ether as an Elastic Solid
pagenum: 93; label: § 7
title: The Optics of Moving Bodies
pagenum: 102; label: § 8
title: The Doppler Effect
pagenum: 104; label: § 9
title: The Convection of Light by Matter
pagenum: 110; label: § 10
title: Aberration
pagenum: 120; label: § 11
title: Retrospect and Future Prospects
pagenum: 122; label: Chapter V
title: The Fundamental Laws of Electrodynamics; label: § 1
title: Electrostatics and Magnetostatics
pagenum: 125; label: § 2
title: Voltaic Electricity and Electrolysis
pagenum: 134; label: § 3
title: Resistance and Heating due to Currents
pagenum: 137; label: § 4
title: Electromagnetism
pagenum: 139; label: § 5
title: Faraday's Lines of Force
pagenum: 142; label: § 6
title: Magnetic Induction
pagenum: 147; label: § 7
title: Maxwell's Contact Theory
pagenum: 149; label: § 8
title: Displacement Currents
pagenum: 153; label: § 9
title: The Electromagnetic Theory of Light
pagenum: 155; label: § 10
title: The Luminiferous Ether
pagenum: 160; label: § 11
title: Hertz' Theory of Moving Bodies
pagenum: 162; label: § 12
title: Lorentz' Theory of Electrons
pagenum: 168; label: § 13
title: Electromagnetic Mass
pagenum: 175; label: § 14
title: Michelson and Morley's Experiment
pagenum: 180; label: § 15
title: The Contraction Hypothesis
pagenum: 184; label: Chapter VI
title: Einstein's Special Principle of Relativity; label: § 1
title: The Conception of Simultaneity
pagenum: 192; label: § 2
title: Einstein's Kinematics and Lorentz' Transformations
pagenum: 198; label: § 3
title: A Geometrical Representation of Einstein's Kinematics
pagenum: 200; label: § 4
title: Moving Measuring-rods and Clocks
pagenum: 206; label: § 5
title: Appearance and Reality
pagenum: 210; label: § 6
title: The Addition of Velocities
pagenum: 217; label: § 7
title: Einstein's Dynamics
pagenum: 221; label: § 8
title: The Inertia of Energy
pagenum: 230; label: § 9
title: The Optics of Moving Bodies
pagenum: 237; label: § 10
title: Minkowski's Absolute World
pagenum: 242; label: Chapter VII
title: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity; label: § 1
title: The Relativity of Arbitrary Motions
pagenum: 247; label: § 2
title: The Principle of Equivalence
pagenum: 250; label: § 3
title: The Failure of Euclidean Geometry
pagenum: 254; label: § 4
title: Geometry on Curved Surfaces
pagenum: 257; label: § 5
title: The Two-dimensional Continuum
pagenum: 262; label: § 6
title: Mathematics and Reality
pagenum: 264; label: § 7
title: The Measure-determination of the Space-time Continuum
pagenum: 268; label: § 8
title: The Fundamental Laws of the New Mechanics
pagenum: 272; label: § 9
title: Mechanical Consequences and Confirmations
pagenum: 275; label: § 10
title: Optical Consequences and Confirmations
pagenum: 280; label: § 11
title: Macrocosm and Microcosm
pagenum: 286; label: § 12
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 289; title: Index
pagenum: 291