Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation

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Citation

Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation, Scientific American Publishing Company, 1921, J. Malcom Bird, Editor.
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Introduction

In the early 20 th century Albert Einstein published a series of revolutionary papers. These changed his life and the world. By 1919 he and his work on relativity and gravitation had become famous. Editors at Scientific American embarked on a project to publish essays that made Einstein's work accessible to the general public.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Einstein $5,000 Prize

Chapter 2: The World -- and Us

Chapter 3: The Relativity of Uniform Motion

Chapter 4: The Special Theory of Relativity

Chapter 5: That Parallel Postulate

Chapter 6: The Space-Time Continuum

Chapter 7: Relativity; The Winning Essay by Lyndon Bolton, Senior Examiner, British Patent Office London