The Meaning of Relativity, Fifth Edition:
Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field
Albert Einstein
With a new introduction by Brian Greene

One of Princeton University Press's Notable Centenary Titles.

Paper | 2004 | $17.95
192 pp. | 5 x 8 | 6 line illus.

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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.

Review:

"A condensed unified presentation intended for one who has already gone through a standard text and digested the mechanics of tensor theory and the physical basis of relativity. Einstein's little book then serves as an excellent tying-together of loose ends and as a broad survey of the subject."--Physics Today

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Brian Greene vii
A Note on the Fifth Edition xxv
SPACE AND TIME IN PRE-RELATIVITY PHYSICS 1
THE THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY 24
THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 55
THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (CONTINUED) 79
APPENDIX FOR THE SECOND EDITION 109
APPENDIX II. RELATIVISTIC THEORY OF THE
NON-SYMMETRIC FIELD 133
Index 167

This book has been translated into:

• Spanish
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Portuguese (Portugual)

Other Princeton books by Albert Einstein:

• Albert Einstein, Mileva Maric: The Love Letters.
• Albert Einstein, The Human Side: New Glimpses From His Archives.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902. (English translation supplement).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 2: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1900-1909.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 2: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1900-1909. (English translation supplement).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 3: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1909-1911.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 3: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1909-1911. (English translation supplement).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 4: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912-1914.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 4: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912-1914. (English translation supplement).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914. (English translation supplement).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 6: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1914-1917.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 6: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1914-1917. (English translation supplement).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 7: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1918-1921.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 7: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1918-1921. (English translation of selected texts).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918. (English supplement translation.).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 9: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, January 1919 - April 1920.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 9: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, January 1919 - April 1920. (English translation of selected texts).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 10: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, May-December 1920, and Supplementary Correspondence, 1909-1920.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 11: Cumulative Index, Bibliography, List of Correspondence, Chronology, and Errata to Volumes 1-10.
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 12: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, January-December 1921 (Documentary Edition).
• The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 12: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, January-December 1921 (English translation supplement).
• Einstein's Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics.
• The New Quotable Einstein.

Series:

• Princeton Science Library

Subject Areas:

• Physics
• Astronomy and Cosmology

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