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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under +the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or +online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license + + + +Title: Relativity: The Special and General Theory + +Subtitle: Reading by Anonymous, Linda Leu, Peter Eastman, + David Barnes, Laurie Anne Walden, Annie Coleman, Meredith Hughes, ML Cohen + +Author: Albert Einstein, Translated by Robert W. Lawson + +Release Date: May 2009 [Ebook #28801] + +Language: English +--> + +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <TITLE>Relativity: The Special and General Theory</TITLE> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<h1 align="center">Relativity: The Special and General Theory</h1> +<h2 align="center">Albert Einstein, Translated by Robert W. Lawson</h2> + +<p>This audio reading of Relativity: The Special and General Theory is read by</p> + +<p>Anonymous, Linda Leu, Peter Eastman, + David Barnes, Laurie Anne Walden, Annie Coleman, Meredith Hughes, ML Cohen</p> + + + +<h3>Contents</h3> + +<ul> + +<li>00 Author’s Preface - Relativity - 00:02:10 +Read by: Anonymous + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-01.mp3">28801-01.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-01.ogg">28801-01.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-01.m4b">28801-01.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-01.spx">28801-01.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-02.mp3">28801-02.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-02.ogg">28801-02.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-02.m4b">28801-02.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-02.spx">28801-02.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-03.mp3">28801-03.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-03.ogg">28801-03.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-03.m4b">28801-03.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-03.spx">28801-03.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-04.mp3">28801-04.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-04.ogg">28801-04.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-04.m4b">28801-04.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-04.spx">28801-04.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-05.mp3">28801-05.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-05.ogg">28801-05.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-05.m4b">28801-05.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-05.spx">28801-05.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-06.mp3">28801-06.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-06.ogg">28801-06.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-06.m4b">28801-06.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-06.spx">28801-06.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-07.mp3">28801-07.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-07.ogg">28801-07.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-07.m4b">28801-07.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-07.spx">28801-07.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-08.mp3">28801-08.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-08.ogg">28801-08.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-08.m4b">28801-08.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-08.spx">28801-08.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-09.mp3">28801-09.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-09.ogg">28801-09.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-09.m4b">28801-09.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-09.spx">28801-09.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-10.mp3">28801-10.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-10.ogg">28801-10.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-10.m4b">28801-10.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-10.spx">28801-10.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-11.mp3">28801-11.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-11.ogg">28801-11.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-11.m4b">28801-11.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-11.spx">28801-11.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-12.mp3">28801-12.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-12.ogg">28801-12.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-12.m4b">28801-12.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-12.spx">28801-12.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>12 - Appendix III - Relativity - 00:21:11 +The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity +Read by: ML Cohen + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-13.mp3">28801-13.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-13.ogg">28801-13.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-13.m4b">28801-13.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-13.spx">28801-13.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +</ul> + +<h3>Librivox Audio Recording Public Domain Certification:</h3> + +<p>The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the +"Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the +best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the +public domain of the country from which the work is published, or (b) +hereby dedicates whatever copyright the dedicators holds in the work of +authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public domain. 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Lawson</h2> + +<p>This audio reading of Relativity: The Special and General Theory is read by</p> + +<p>Kelly Bescherer, Linda Leu, Peter Eastman, + David Barnes, Laurie Anne Walden, Annie Coleman, Meredith Hughes, ML Cohen</p> + + + +<h3>Contents</h3> + +<ul> + +<li>00 Author’s Preface - Relativity - 00:02:10 +Read by: Kelly Bescherer + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-01.mp3">28801-01.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-01.ogg">28801-01.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-01.m4b">28801-01.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-01.spx">28801-01.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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: Kelly Bescherer + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-02.mp3">28801-02.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-02.ogg">28801-02.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-02.m4b">28801-02.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-02.spx">28801-02.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-03.mp3">28801-03.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-03.ogg">28801-03.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-03.m4b">28801-03.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-03.spx">28801-03.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-04.mp3">28801-04.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-04.ogg">28801-04.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-04.m4b">28801-04.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-04.spx">28801-04.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-05.mp3">28801-05.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-05.ogg">28801-05.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-05.m4b">28801-05.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-05.spx">28801-05.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-06.mp3">28801-06.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-06.ogg">28801-06.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-06.m4b">28801-06.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-06.spx">28801-06.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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: Kelly Bescherer + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-07.mp3">28801-07.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-07.ogg">28801-07.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-07.m4b">28801-07.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-07.spx">28801-07.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-08.mp3">28801-08.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-08.ogg">28801-08.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-08.m4b">28801-08.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-08.spx">28801-08.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-09.mp3">28801-09.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-09.ogg">28801-09.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-09.m4b">28801-09.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-09.spx">28801-09.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-10.mp3">28801-10.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-10.ogg">28801-10.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-10.m4b">28801-10.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-10.spx">28801-10.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-11.mp3">28801-11.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-11.ogg">28801-11.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-11.m4b">28801-11.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-11.spx">28801-11.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>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 + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-12.mp3">28801-12.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-12.ogg">28801-12.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-12.m4b">28801-12.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-12.spx">28801-12.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +<li>12 - Appendix III - Relativity - 00:21:11 +The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity +Read by: ML Cohen + <ul> + <li><a href="mp3/28801-13.mp3">28801-13.mp3</a></li> + <li><a href="ogg/28801-13.ogg">28801-13.ogg</a></li> + <li><a href="m4b/28801-13.m4b">28801-13.m4b</a></li> + <li><a href="spx/28801-13.spx">28801-13.spx</a></li> + </ul></li> + +</ul> + +<h3>Librivox Audio Recording Public Domain Certification:</h3> + +<p>The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the +"Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the +best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the +public domain of the country from which the work is published, or (b) +hereby dedicates whatever copyright the dedicators holds in the work of +authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public domain. 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