The Meaning of Relativity : Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - Fifth Edition

In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title __The Meaning of Relativity__, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper. Contents Introduction A Note on the Fifth Edition Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics The Theory of Special Relativity The General Theory of Relativity The General Theory of Relativity (Continued) Appendix for the Second Edition Appendix II. Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field Index Consists of the text of Einstein's Stafford Little Lectures, delivered in May, 1921 at Princeton University. Includes an appendix discussing advances in the theory of relativity since 1921, and an appendix on his Generalized Theory of Gravitation. Simplified version of Professor Einstein's theories that explain that the measurments of motion or rest are relative to the motion or rest of the observer THE theory of relativity is intimately connected with the theory of space and time.