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Relativity: The Special & the General Theory / A Popular Exposition, 3rd ed.

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Aimed at readers with some mathematical background, the work explains the principles and consequences of both the special and general theories of relativity without heavy formalism. It reexamines space, time, simultaneity, and coordinate systems to introduce the Lorentz transformation and the resulting behavior of moving clocks and measuring rods, including velocity addition. It then develops the equivalence principle and presents gravity as a manifestation of spacetime geometry, outlines the qualitative form of the gravitational field equations, and surveys empirical tests and observable implications for light propagation and planetary motion, with diagrams and appendices to clarify key points.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

WORKS IN ENGLISH ON EINSTEIN'S THEORY

INTRODUCTORY

The Foundations of Einstein's Theory of Gravitation: Erwin Freundlich (translation by H. L. Brose). Camb. Univ. Press, 1920.

Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: Moritz Schlick (translation by H. L. Brose). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920.


THE SPECIAL THEORY

The Principle of Relativity: E. Cunningham. Camb. Univ. Press.

Relativity and the Electron Theory: E. Cunningham, Monographs on Physics. Longmans, Green & Co.

The Theory of Relativity: L. Silberstein. Macmillan & Co.

The Space-Time Manifold of Relativity: E. B. Wilson and G. N. Lewis, Proc. Amer. Soc. Arts & Science, vol. XLVIII., No. 11, 1912.


THE GENERAL THEORY

Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation: A. S. Eddington. Fleetway Press Ltd., Fleet Street, London.

On Einstein's Theory of Gravitation and its Astronomical Consequences: W. de Sitter, M. N. Roy. Astron. Soc., LXXVI. p. 699, 1916; LXXVII. p. 155, 1916; LXXVIII. p. 3, 1917.

On Einstein's Theory of Gravitation: H. A. Lorentz, Proc. Amsterdam Acad., vol. XIX. p. 1341, 1917.

Space, Time and Gravitation: W. de Sitter: The Observatory, No. 505, p. 412. Taylor & Francis, Fleet Street, London.

The Total Eclipse of 29th May, 1919, and the Influence of Gravitation on Light: A. S. Eddington, ibid., March 1919.

Discussion on the Theory of Relativity: M. N. Roy. Astron. Soc., vol. LXXX. No. 2, p. 96, December 1919.

The Displacement of Spectrum Lines and the Equivalence Hypothesis: W. G. Duffield, M. N. Roy. Astron. Soc., vol. LXXX.; No. 3, p. 262, 1920.

Space, Time and Gravitation: A. S. Eddington, Camb. Univ. Press, 1920.


ALSO, CHAPTERS IN

The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism: J. H. Jeans (4th edition). Camb. Univ. Press, 1920.

The Electron Theory of Matter: O. W. Richardson. Camb. Univ. Press.