Most of einsteins original scientific work appeared as journal articles. Albert einstein 18791955 was a renowned theoretical physicist of the 20th century, best. Lecture notes on general relativity matthias blau universitat bern. Relativity the special and general theory by albert einstein, ph. Between 1907 and 1915, einstein developed the theory of general relativity, a classical. Einsteins original paper on general relativity research. View einsteins original paper on general relativity research papers on academia. Professor einstein also lectures on various special branches of physics at the university of. I usually just refer to the arxiv number, regardless of whether or not that article.
Carroll 1 special relativity and flat spacetime we will begin with a whirlwind tour of special relativity sr and life in. The point will be both to recall what sr is all about, and to introduce tensors and related. Magnetism in nonmagnets and nonmagnetism in magnets dtstart. Albert einstein 5 preface december, 1916 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. Institute for theoretical physics events xwrcaldesc.
December 1997 lecture notes on general relativity sean m. The foundation of the general theory of relativity. The general theory of relativity christopher monroe. The movie stars married lover short strokes book 1 the newbie 2 chapter books for kids age 810 hot chocolate. General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by albert einstein between 1907. For best results, try the view page as pdf option available at the top of every page. Introductory considerations the original theory of relativity is based upon the. Pdf einsteins original paper on general relativity.
Einstein june 30, 1905 it is known that maxwells electrodynamicsas usually understood at the present timewhen applied to moving bodies, leads to asymmetries which do. Invited article for physica scripta focus issue on 21st century frontiers. List of scientific publications by albert einstein wikipedia. Consequences of diracs theory of the electron in english translation. Klein, and robert schulmann editors jozsef illy and jean eisenstaedt contributing editors rita fountain and annette pringle editorial assistants english translation of selected texts alfred engel, translator engelbert schucking. For the main encyclopedia article, see general relativity. The completed formulation of the general theory of relativity was published in 1916 fig. The collected papers of albert einstein volume 6 the berlin years. Einsteins original general relativity paper, english1915.