文档介绍：Relativity
Albert
Einstein
Relativity
The Special and the General Theory
Authorised translation by Robert W. Lawson
London and New York
First published in 1916
English edition first published in the United Kingdom 1920
by Methuen & Co. Ltd
Fifteenth, enlarged edition January 1954
First published by Routledge 1993
First published in Routledge Classics 2001
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
PART I The Special Theory of Relativity
1 Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions 3
2 The System of Co-ordinates 6
3 Space and Time in Classical Mechanics 10
4 The Galileian System of Co-ordinates 12
5 The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted
Sense) 14
6 The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities
Employed in Classical Mechanics 18
7 The Apparent patibility of the Law of
Propagation of Light with the Principle of
Relativity 20
8 On the Idea of Time in Physics 23
9 The Relativity of Simultaneity 27
10 On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance 30
11 The Lorentz Transformation 32
vi contents
12 The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and
Clocks in Motion 37
13 Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The
Experiment of Fizeau 40
14 The Heuristic Value of the Theory