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The Principle of Relativity

by Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

33 chapters, about 32,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 4,500 words
2. Conclusion 500 words
3. P. C. MAHALANOBIS. 200 words
4. INTRODUCTION. 500 words
5. I.—KINEMATICAL PORTION. 600 words
6. II.—ELECTRODYNAMICAL PART. 200 words
7. (A) 1,600 words
8. INTRODUCTION. 800 words
9. NOTATIONS. 300 words
10. PART I § 2. The Limiting Case. The Fundamental Equations for Äther. 4,900 words
11. A⁻¹ = Ā, 200 words
12. | K₁ K₂ K₃ K₄ | 200 words
13. conclusion 100 words
14. APPENDIX Mechanics and the Relativity-Postulate. 1,700 words
15. I 1,300 words
16. II 800 words
17. P′P′/Q′Q′ = OD/OC′ = OD′/OC = QQ/PP 300 words
18. III 300 words
19. IV 600 words
20. V 4,800 words
21. (A) 200 words
22. (B) 200 words
23. C. THE THEORY OF THE GRAVITATION-FIELD 1,300 words
24. D. THE “MATERIAL” PHENOMENA. 1,200 words
25. D. THE “MATERIAL” PHENOMENA. 1,700 words
26. NOTES 400 words
27. [P. C. M.] 300 words
28. [P. C. M.] 200 words
29. [P. C. M.] 700 words
30. [M. N. S.] 400 words
31. [P. C. M.] 400 words
32. [M. N. S.] 300 words
33. [M. N. S.] 300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

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• Differential equation
• Electron
• Euclid
• Euclidean geometry
• Field (physics)
• Velocity

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