The Principle of Relativity

This 1914 book was one of the first treatises in the English language to focus on special relativity.

Part I. The Principle of Relativity in Relation to General Physical Theory: 1. The relativity of Newtonian dynamics; 2. The development of the concept of the aether; 3. The electron theory; 4. Correlation of stationary and moving systems; 5. Einstein on the relativity of space and time; 6. The kinematics of Einstein; 7. The electron theory of matter; Part II. Minkowski's Four-Dimension World: 8. Minowski's four-dimension calculus; 9. The field equations of the electron theory in Minkowski's form; 10. Minkowski's electrodynamics of moving bodies; Part III. The Transition to Mechanical Theory: 11. The dynamics of the electron; 12. Relativity and dynamical theory; 13. The dynamics of a particle; 14. The dynamics of continuous material media; 15. Relativity and objective aether; 16. Relativity and probability; 17. Concluding remarks; Index.