Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Albert Einstein, Translated by Robert W. Lawson
This audio reading of Relativity: The Special and General Theory is read by
Anonymous, Linda Leu, Peter Eastman,
David Barnes, Laurie Anne Walden, Annie Coleman, Meredith Hughes, ML Cohen
Contents
- 00 Author’s Preface - Relativity - 00:02:10
Read by: Anonymous
- 01 - Sections 01-03 - Relativity Pt. 1 - 00:14:55
Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity
01 Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions
02 The System of Co-ordinates
03 Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
Read by: Anonymous
- 02 - Sections 04-06 - Relativity Pt. 1 - 00:10:38
04 The Galileian System of Co-ordinates
05 The Principle of Relativity (In the Restricted Sense)
06 The Theorem of the Addition of Velocities Employed in Classical Mechanics
Read by: Linda Leu
- 03 - Sections 07-09 - Relativity Pt. 1 - 00:20:33
07 The Apparent Incompatibility of the Law of Propagation of Light with the Principle of Relativity
08 On the Idea of Time in Physics
09 The Relativity of Simultaneity
Read by: Peter Eastman
- 04 - Sections 10-12 - Relativity Pt. 1 - 00:17:01
10 On the Relativity of the Conception of Distance
11 The Lorentz Transformation
12 The Behaviour of Measuring-Rods and Clocks in Motion
Read by: David Barnes
- 05 - Sections 13-15 - Relativity Pt. 1 - 00:19:04
13 Theorem of the Addition of Velocities. The Experiment of Fizeau
14 The Heuristic Value of the Theory of Relativity
15 General Results of the Theory
Read by: Linda Leu
- 06 - Sections 16-17 - Relativity Pt. 1 - 00:14:16
16 Experience and the Special Theory of Relativity
17 Minkowski’s Four-Dimensional Space
Read by: Anonymous
- 07 - Sections 18-20 - Relativity Pt. 2 - 00:19:38
Part II: The General Theory of Relativity
18 Special and General Principle of Relativity
19 The Gravitational Field
20 The Equality of Inertial and Gravitational Mass as an Argument for the General Postulate of Relativity
Read by: Laurie Anne Walden
- 08 - Sections 21-23 - Relativity Pt. 2 - 00:20:54
21 In What Respects Are the Foundations of Classical Mechanics and of the Special Theory of Relativity Unsatisfactory?
22 A Few Inferences from the General Theory of Relativity
23 Behaviour of Clocks and Measuring Rods on a Rotating Body of Reference
Read by: Annie Coleman
- 09 - Sections 24-26 - Relativity Pt. 2 - 00:18:07
24 Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Continuum
25 Gaussian Co-ordinates
26 The Space-Time Continuum of the Special Theory of Relativity Considered as a Euclidean Continuum
Read by: Meredith Hughes
- 10 - Sections 27-29 - Relativity Pt. 2 - 00:21:30
27 The Space-Time Continuum of the General Theory of Relativity Is not a Euclidean Continuum
28 Exact Formulation of the General Principle of Relativity
29 The Solution of the Problem of Gravitation on the Basis of the General Principle of Relativity
Read by: David Barnes
- 11 - Sections 30-31 - Relativity Pt. 3 - 00:19:26
Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole
30 Cosmological Difficulties of Newton’s Theory
31 The Possibility of a “Finite” and Yet “Unbounded” Universe
32 The Structure of Space According to the General Theory of Relativity
Read by: Linda Leu
- 12 - Appendix III - Relativity - 00:21:11
The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity
Read by: ML Cohen
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