Relativity---The-Special-and-General-Theory
magnitudes are to be regarded as results of physical measurements. Obviously our problem can be exactly formulated ...
i.e. with the velocity c. According to the equations of the Lorentz transformation, this simple relation ...
eq. 05a: file eq05a.gif eq. 05b: file eq05b.gif the distance between the points being eq. 06 . But the metre- ...
fourth equations of the Lorentz transformation give for these two ticks : t = 0 and eq. 07: file eq07.gif As ...
By means of the first and fourth equations of the Galilei transformation we can express x1 and t1 in terms of ...
It is clear that we have the problem of Section 6 again before us. The tube plays the part of the railwa ...
eq. 14 , which agrees with Fizeau's result. THE HEURISTIC VALUE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY Our train of ...
It is clear from our previous considerations that the (special) theory of relativity has grown out of elect ...
not contain the velocity, and requires no consideration if we are only dealing with the question as to how ...
energy E[0], then its inertial mass increases by an amount eq. 22: file eq22.gif the inertial mass of ...
general theory of relativity. ...
Notes *) E[0] is the energy taken up, as judged from a co-ordinate system moving with the body. **) As judged ...
that of Maxwell and Lorentz has been able to hold its own when tested by experience. But there are two class ...
without the necessity of drawing on hypotheses as to the physical nature of the liquid. The second class of fact ...
Lorentz and FitzGerald rescued the theory from this difficulty by assuming that the motion of the body relativ ...
ordinates such as x[1], y[1], z[1], which may be as near as we choose to the respective values of the ...
Euclidean geometrical space.* In order to give due prominence to this relationship, however, we must replace ...
PART II THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY SPECIAL AND GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY The basal principle, which was ...
(a) the embankment as reference-body, (b) the railway carriage as reference- body, then these general laws of nat ...
any rate, there is little hope of success in such an attempt; Let us imagine ourselves transferred to our ...
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