Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation / A selection of material from the essays submitted in the competition for the Eugene Higgins prize of $5,000

by J. Malcolm Bird

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Contents

1. Preface
2. The Einstein $5,000 Prize
3. The World—And Us
4. The Relativity of Uniform Motion
5. The Special Theory of Relativity
6. That Parallel Postulate
7. The Space-Time Continuum
8. Relativity
9. The New Concepts of Time and Space
10. The Principle of Relativity
11. Space, Time and Gravitation
12. The Principle of General Relativity
13. Force Vs. Geometry
14. An Introduction to Relativity
15. New Concepts for Old
16. The New World
17. The Quest of the Absolute
18. The Physical Side of Relativity
19. The Practical Significance of Relativity
20. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
21. Einstein’s Theory of Gravitation
22. The Equivalence Hypothesis
23. The General Theory

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