ABC of relativity /
A B C of relativity
Bertrand Russell.
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.
- xvii, 150 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Routledge classics .
Originally published: A B C of relativity. London : George Allen & Unwin, 1925. Includes index.
Touch and sight : the earth and the heavens -- What happens and what is observed -- The velocity of light -- Clocks and foot-rules -- Space-time -- The special theory of relativity -- Intervals in space-time -- Einstein's law of gravitation -- Proofs of Einstein's law of gravitation -- Mass, momentum, energy, and action -- The expanding universe -- Conventions and natural laws -- The abolition of "force" -- What is matter? -- Philosophical consequences.