Here are the 11 papers that forged the general and special theories of relativity: seven papers by Einstein, plus two papers by Lorentz and one each by Minkowski and Weyl. "A thrill to read again the original papers by these giants." ― School Science and Mathematics. 1923 edition.

综观科学史，爱因斯坦或许是惟一能与牛顿相提并论的人，但天才并不总是显而易见的。小学时的校长曾对爱因斯坦的父亲这麽说过：「他干什麽都不会有什麽出息的！」不过爱因斯坦后来还是成为有史以来*伟大的理论物理学家。就像牛顿对我们理解引力所做出的的贡献一样，爱因斯坦的相对论无疑是探索与理解宇宙漫长历史中*重要的思想，影响所及，改变了你我对于时空的看法。在他单枪匹马所创立的广义相对论中，时空不仅是弯曲的，而且是动力学的，那意味着宇宙本身的形状与历史充满着各种可能。爱因斯坦曾说：「理论的真理在你的心智中，不在你的眼睛里。」他一生也是这样致力于用他的思想而不是他的感官来探寻宇宙的奥秘。爱因斯坦不仅使二十世纪的科学思想发生了革命，他本身也跨越了二十世纪。

In addition to conducting the research that culminated in his acclaimed theories of relativity, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) taught and lectured at universities around the world. Einstein received numerous awards and honorary doctorate degrees in science, medicine, and philosophy, and he remains a towering symbol of intellectual and imaginative achievement.

It's All Relative

Around 1950, Hayward Cirker, Founder and President of Dover Publications, wrote to Einstein and asked his approval to proceed with a Dover paperback reprint of the 1923 collection of original papers on relativity by Einstein himself and others (H. A. Lorentz, H. Weyl, and H. Minkowski), which had originally been published in England. Einstein was reluctant, wondering how much interest there could possibly be in this relic of his work from 30 or more years earlier. Cirker persisted, and Einstein finally agreed — the Dover edition of The Theory of Relativity has been in print ever since and has been followed by many other Dover books on relativity.

The papers reprinted in this original collection will always be for the serious student the cornerstone of their Einstein library: Michelson's Interference Experiment (H. A. Lorentz); Electromagnetic Phenomena in a System Moving with any Velocity Less Than That of Light (H.A. Lorentz); On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies (A. Einstein); Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy Content? (A. Einstein); Space and Time (H. Minkowksi with notes by A. Sommerfeld); On the Influence of Gravitation on the Propagation of Light (A. Einstein); and The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity (A. Einstein) found on pages 109–164 of this text; Hamilton's Principle and The General Theory of Relativity (A. Einstein); Cosmological Considerations on the General Theory of Relativity (A. Einstein); Do Gravitational Fields Play an Essential Part in the Structure of the Elementary Particles of Matter? (A. Einstein); and Gravitation and Electricity (H. Weyl).

Author：Albert Einstein

Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; REPRINT edition (2 Jan. 2000)

Language: English

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