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아이슈타인의 상대성이론.The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
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Relativity
The Special and General Theory
A Popular Exposition
By
Albert Einstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics in the University of Berlin
Authorised Translation by
Robert W. Lawson, D.Sc.
University of Sheffield
1916

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아이슈타인의 상대성이론.The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
I. The Special Theory of
Relativity
I. Physical
Meaning of
Geometrical
Propositions
II. The System of
Co-ordinates
III. Space and
Time in
Classical
Mechanics
IV. The Galileian
System of Co ordinates
V. The Principle
of Relativity in
the Restricted
Sense
VI. The Theorem
of the Addition
of Velocities
Employed in
Classical
Mechanics
VII. The Apparent
Incompatibility
of the Law of
Propagation of
Light with the
Principle of
Relativity
VIII. On the Idea of
Time in
Physics
IX. The Relativity
of Simultaneity
X. On the
Relativity of
the Conception
of Distance
XI. The Lorentz
Transformation
XII. The Behaviour
of Measuring Rods and
Clocks in
Motion
XIII. Theorem of the
Addition of
Velocities. The
Experiment of
Fizeau
XIV. The Heuristic
Value of the
Theory of
Relativity
XV. General
Results of the
Theory
XVI. Experience and
the Special
Theory of
Relativity
XVII. Minkowski’s
Four Dimensional
Space
II. The General Theory of
Relativity
XVIII. Special and
General
Principle of
Relativity
XIX. The
Gravitational
Field
XX. The Equality of
Inertial and
Gravitational
Mass as an
Argument for
the General
Postulate of
Relativity
XXI. In What
Respects Are
the
Foundations of
Classical
Mechanics and
of the Special
Theory of
Relativity
Unsatisfactory?
XXII. A Few
Inferences
from the
General
Principle of
Relativity
XXIII. Behaviour of
Clocks and
Measuring Rods on a
Rotating Body
of Reference
XXIV. Euclidean and
Non-Euclidean
Continuum
XXV. Gaussian Co Ordinates
XXVI. The Space Time
Continuum of
the Special
Theory of
Relativity
Considered as
a Euclidean
Continuum
XXVII. The Space Time
Continuum of
the General
Theory of
Relativity is
Not a
Euclidean
Continuum
XXVIII. Exact
Formulation of
the General
Principle of
Relativity
XXIX. The Solution of
the Problem of
Gravitation on
the Basis of the
General
Principle of
Relativity
III. Considerations on the
Universe as a Whole
XXX. Cosmological
Difficulties of
Newton’s
Theory
XXXI. The Possibility
of a “Finite”
and yet
“Unbounded”
Universe
XXXII. The Structure
of Space
According to
the General
Theory of
Relativity
I. Simple Derivation of the
Lorentz Transformation
[Supplementary to
Section XI]
II. Minkowski’s Four Dimensional Space
(“World”)
[Supplementary to
Section XVII]
III. The Experimental
Confirmation of the
General Theory of
Relativity
(a). Motion of the
Perihelion of
Mercury
(b). Deflection of
Light by a
Gravitational
Field
(c). Displacement
of Spectral
Lines Towards
the Red
IV. The Structure of Space
According to the General
Theory of Relativity
[Supplementary to
Section XXXII]

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아이슈타인의 상대성이론.The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
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PREFACE
The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of
Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are
interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of
theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a
university matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of
patience and force of will on the part of the reader. The author has spared himself no pains in
his endeavour to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the
whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of
clearness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself frequently, without paying
the slightest attention to the elegance of the presentation. I adhered scrupulously to the
precept of that brilliant theoretical physicist L. Boltzmann, according to whom matters of
elegance ought to be left to the tailor and to the cobbler. I make no pretence of having
withheld from the reader difficulties which are inherent to the subject. On the other hand, I
have purposely treated the empirical physical foundations of the theory in a “step-motherly”
fashion, so that readers unfamiliar with physics may not feel like the wanderer who was
unable to see the forest for the trees. May the book bring some one a few happy hours of
suggestive thought!
December, 1916
A. EINSTEIN

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아이슈타인의 상대성이론.The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
12
PREFACE
The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of
Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are
interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of
theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a
university matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of
patience and force of will on the part of the reader. The author has spared himself no pains in
his endeavour to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the
whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of
clearness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself frequently, without paying
the slightest attention to the elegance of the presentation. I adhered scrupulously to the
precept of that brilliant theoretical physicist L. Boltzmann, according to whom matters of
elegance ought to be left to the tailor and to the cobbler. I make no pretence of having
withheld from the reader difficulties which are inherent to the subject. On the other hand, I
have purposely treated the empirical physical foundations of the theory in a “step-motherly”
fashion, so that readers unfamiliar with physics may not feel like the wanderer who was
unable to see the forest for the trees. May the book bring some one a few happy hours of
suggestive thought!
December, 1916
A. EINSTEIN

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아이슈타인의 상대성이론.The Book of Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics in the University of Berlin
Authorised Translation by
Robert W. Lawson, D.Sc.
University of Sheffield
1916