The special and the general theory, by albert einstein this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. The first edition of this novel was published in 1916, and was written by albert einstein. The text used in this ebook is from the first english translation, published in 1920. Modern readers turning to einsteins famous 1905 paper on special relativity may not find what they expect. General relativity explains gravity as the curvature of spacetime. Referred to a system of coordinates, the scene of any event will be determined for the main part by the specification of the lengths of the three perpendiculars or coordinates x, y, z which can be dropped from the scene of the event to those three plane surfaces. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. This 4dimensional space is referred to as the spacetime continuum. The project gutenberg ebook of the meaning of relativity, by albert einstein this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
The principle of relativity in the restricted sense in order to attain the greatest possible clearness, let us return to our example of the railway carriage supposed to be travelling uniformly. Short overview of special relativity and invariant formulation of. The special and the general theory by albert einstein book free download pages free download or read online relativity. The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by albert einstein. Einsteins theory of special relativity created a fundamental link between space and time. The theory is special in that it only applies in the special case where the spacetime is. The basic equation of general relativity is called einstein s equation.
The universe can be viewed as having three space dimensions updown, leftright, forwardbackward and one time dimension. Variational principle approach to general relativity. Its now been converted to adobes portable document format. Classical electromagnetic theory as formulated by maxwells equations leads to asymmetries when applied to moving charges 1,2. The special theory of relativity albert einstein 15. General relativity gr is proposed to be a satisfactory theory for gravity. The introduction of a luminiferous ether will prove to be super. Classical mechanics is useful to explain physical phenomena but it fails to explain gravity.
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