Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation
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
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