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The Principle of Relativity

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By Albert Einstein
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This collection assembles foundational papers and translations that present the electrodynamics of moving bodies, a geometrical reformulation of relativity, and a generalized principle extending those ideas. It opens with a historical introduction tracing experimental and theoretical precursors, then offers translated original papers by Einstein and Minkowski, appendices and technical notes, and mathematical derivations illustrating wave, kinematic, and gravitational implications. The volume emphasizes conceptual arguments, coordinate transformations, and mathematical formulations supporting the relativistic description of space, time, and motion.

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Title: The Principle of Relativity

Author: Albert Einstein

H. Minkowski

Author of introduction, etc.: P. C. Mahalanobis

Translator: Satyendranath Bose

Meghnad Saha

Release date: December 14, 2021 [eBook #66944]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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The Principle of Relativity

THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY
ORIGINAL PAPERS BY
A. EINSTEIN AND H. MINKOWSKI
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY
M. N. SAHA AND S. N. BOSE
LECTURERS ON PHYSICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
University College of Science, Calcutta University
WITH A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION BY
P. C. MAHALANOBIS
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS, PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, CALCU.
PUBLISHED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
1920
Sole Agents
R. CAMBRAY & CO.
PRINTED BY ATULCHANDRA BHATTACHARYYA,
AT THE CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY PRESS, SENATE HOUSE, CALCUTTA