TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword vii INTRODUCTION: A Difficult Theory 1 CHAPTER ONE: The Speed of Light and Classical Physics 4 CHAPTER TWO: Light and the Structure of Space-Time 24 CHAPTER THREE: Toward a New Theory of Gravitation 58 CHAPTER FOUR: Einstein's Principles 76 CHAPTER FIVE: The Birth of General Relativity 103 CHAPTER SIX: General Relativity: A Physical Geometry 138 CHAPTER SEVEN: Relativity Verified: Mercury's Anomaly 149 CHAPTER EIGHT: Relativity Verified: The Deflection of Light Rays 167 CHAPTER NINE: Relativity Verified: The Line Shift 196 CHAPTER TEN: The Crossing of the Desert 213 CHAPTER ELEVEN: An Unpopular Theory 244 CHAPTER TWELVE: The Rejection of Black Holes 255 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Paths in Schwarzschild's Space-Time 284 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: No Ordinary Stars 310 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology 325 AFTERWORD: The Paths of General Relativity 346 Bibliography 349 Name Index 361
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