Ebook: Relativity

In this famous short book Einstein explains clearly, using the minimum amount of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory which has shaped the world we live in today.;Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE; 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.