Einstein A. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, 100th Anniversary

Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA, 2015. — 321 p. — ISBN: 0691166331.After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. His intention was "to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. In the early 1920s alone, it was translated into ten languages, and fifteen editions in the original German appeared over the course of Einstein's lifetime.
This new edition of Einstein's celebrated book features an authoritative English translation of the text along with an introduction and a reading companion by Hanoch Gutfreund and Jürgen Renn that examines the evolution of Einstein's thinking and casts his ideas in a broader present-day context. A special chapter explores the history of and the stories behind the early foreign-language editions in light of the reception of relativity in different countries. This edition also includes a survey of the introductions from those editions, covers from selected early editions, a letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein discussing the book, and a revealing sample from Einstein's handwritten manuscript.
Published on the hundredth anniversary of general relativity, this handsome edition of Einstein's famous book places the work in historical and intellectual context while providing invaluable insight into one of the greatest scientific minds of all timeEinstein as a Missionary of Science
Einstein’s Booklet: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
The Special Theory of Relativity
Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
The System of Co- ordinates
Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
The Galileian System of Co- ordinates
The Principle of Relativity (in the Restricted Sense)
The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics
The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity
On the Idea of Time in Physics
The Relativity of Simultaneity
On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
The Lorentz Transformation
The Behaviour of Measuring- Rods and Clocks in Motion
Theorem of the Addition of the Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
General Results of the Theory
Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
Minkowski’s Four- Dimensional Space
The General Theory of Relativity
Special and General Principle of Relativity
The Gravitational Field
The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity
In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?
A Few Inferences from the General Principle of Relativity
Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring- Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference
Euclidean and Non- Euclidean Continuum
Gaussian Co- ordinates
The Space- Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean
Continuum
The Space- Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is Not a Euclidean Continuum
Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity
Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
Cosmological Diffi culties of Newton’s Theory
The Possibility of a “Finite” and Yet “Unbounded” Universe
The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity
A History and Survey of Foreign-Language Editions
Appended Documents
A Letter from Walther Rathenau to Einstein
A Sample Page of Einstein’s Handwriting
Manuscript of Appendix 3 of the Booklet