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  2. List of textbooks on relativity - Wikipedia

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    The Mathematical Theory of Relativity. Cambridge University Press. Einstein considered this the finest description of the theory of relativity in any language. [3] Ludwik Silberstein (1924) The Theory of Relativity, 2nd edition, enlarged @ Internet Archive; G. D. Birkhoff (1926) Relativity and Modern Physics, Google Books snippets

  3. The Meaning of Relativity - Wikipedia

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    The Meaning of Relativity: Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton University, May 1921 is a book published by Princeton University Press in 1922 that compiled the 1921 Stafford Little Lectures at Princeton University, given by Albert Einstein.

  4. General relativity - Wikipedia

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    In the preface to Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein said "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 ...

  5. Introduction to general relativity - Wikipedia

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    In special relativity, energy is closely connected to momentum. In special relativity, just as space and time are different aspects of a more comprehensive entity called spacetime, energy and momentum are merely different aspects of a unified, four-dimensional quantity that physicists call four-momentum. In consequence, if energy is a source of ...

  6. File:Special relativity lecture.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: This file is the special relativity lecture of the Wikiversity:Special relativity and steps towards general relativity course. It is in pdf format for convenient viewing as a fullscreen, structured presentation in a classroom.

  7. The Large Scale Structure of Space–Time - Wikipedia

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    In his 1988 book A Brief History of Time, he describes The Large Scale Structure of Space–Time as "highly technical" and unreadable for the layperson. The book, now considered a classic, has also appeared in paperback format and has been reprinted many times. a A fiftieth anniversary edition was published by Cambridge University Press in ...

  8. Special relativity - Wikipedia

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    In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein 's 1905 paper, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies , the theory is presented as being based on just two postulates : [ p 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  9. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - Wikipedia

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    The original 1920 English publication of the paper. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (German: Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie) began as a short paper and was eventually published as a book written by Albert Einstein with the aim of explaining the theory of relativity.