The Meaning of Relativity

The Meaning of Relativity (1922)
by Albert Einstein

A compilation of Stafford Little Lectures made by Albert Einstein in 1921 at Princeton University. The lectures were published in 1922 by the Princeton University Press and address the consequences of Einstein's special and general theories or relativity. (Index)

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THE MEANING OF

RELATIVITY

FOUR LECTURES DELIVERED AT

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, MAY, 1921

BY

ALBERT EINSTEIN

WITH FOUR DIAGRAMS

PRINCETON

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

1923

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1922, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1956, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 67 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Princeton University Press

Published 1922

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

AT THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

ABERDEEN

Note.—The translation of these lectures into English

was made by Edwin Plimpton Adams, Professor

of Physics in Princeton University

CONTENTS

LECTURE I
Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics	1

LECTURE II
The Theory of Special Relativity	26

LECTURE III
The General Theory of Relativity	61

LECTURE IV
The General Theory of Relativity (continued)	87

Index	121