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1、RELATIVITYTHESPECIALANDGENERALTHEORYALBERTEINSTEINDIGITALREPRINTElegantEbooksCOPYRIGHTINFORMATIONBook:Relativity:TheSpecialandGeneralTheoryAuthor:AlbertEinstein,1879–1955Firstpublished:1920TheoriginalbookisinthepublicdomainintheUnitedStates.However,si
2、nceEinsteindiedin1955,itmaystillbeundercopyrightinmanyothercountries,forexample,thosethatusethelifeoftheauthor+60yearsorlife+70yearsforthedurationofcopyright.ReadersoutsidetheUnitedStatesshouldchecktheirowncountries’copyrightlawstobecertaintheycanlega
3、llydownloadthisebook.TheOnlineBooksPagehasanFAQwhichgivesasummaryofcopyrightdurationsformanyothercountries,aswellaslinkstomoreofficialsources.ThisPDFebookwascreatedbyJoséMenéndez.NOTEONTHETEXTThetextusedinthisebookisfromthefirstEnglishtranslation,publ
4、ishedin1920,ofÜberdiespezielleunddieallgemeineRelativitätstheorie.Afewmisprintsintheoriginaltexthavebeencorrected,buttopreserveallofthebook,theoriginalmisprintsareincludedinfootnotesenclosedinsquarebracketsandsigned“J.M.”Inaddition,thelinebreaksandpag
5、inationoftheoriginalbookhavebeenreproduced,andthePDF’spagenumbersarelinkedtopageimagesofthebookfromtheGoogleBooksLibraryProjectforeasycomparison.Pleasenote:Google’simagesmaynotbeavailabletopeopleoutsidetheU.S.andmaybeunavailabletoU.S.residentsattimes.
6、Retainingtheoriginalpaginationmadeitpossibletoincludeafullyfunctional(clickable)copyoftheoriginalindex.RELATIVITYTHESPECIALANDGENERALTHEORYBYALBERTEINSTEIN,Ph.D.PROFESSOROFPHYSICSINTHEUNIVERSITYOFBERLINTRANSLATEDBYROBERTW.LAWSON,M.Sc.UNIVERSITYOFSHEFF
7、IELDNEWYORKHENRYHOLTANDCOMPANY1920COPYRIGHT,1920BYHENRYHOLTANDCOMPANYPREFACEHEpresentbookisintended,asfaraspos-Tsible,togiveanexactinsightintothetheoryofRelativitytothosereaderswho,fromageneralscientificandphilosophicalpointofview,areinterestedintheth
8、eory,butwhoare1notconversantwiththemathematicalapparatusoftheoreticalphysics.Theworkpresumesastandardofeducationcorrespondingtothatofauniversitymatriculationexamination,and,de-spitetheshortnessofthebook,afairamountofpatienceandforceofwillonthe
