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Einstein's
Theory of Relativity
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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
apparatus
of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education
corresponding to that of a university matriculation examination,
and,
despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of patience and
force
of will on the part of the reader. The author has spared himself no
pains in his endeavor to present the main ideas in the simplest and
most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and
connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of
clearness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself
frequently, without paying the slightest attention to the elegance
of
the presentation. I adhered scrupulously to the precept of that
brilliant theoretical physicist L. Boltzmann, according to whom
matters of elegance ought to be left to the tailor and to the
cobbler.
I make no pretence of having withheld from the reader difficulties
which are inherent to the subject. On the other hand, I have
purposely
treated the empirical physical foundations of the theory in a
"step-motherly" fashion, so that readers unfamiliar with physics may
not feel like the wanderer who was unable to see the forest for the
trees. May the book bring some one a few happy hours of suggestive
thought!
December, 1916
A. EINSTEIN |
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