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as field theory, 159, 189, 197–98, 200–201, 212–24, 254–55, 336–37, 353, 468, 591n–92n, 594n
general theory of, 3, 13, 14, 36, 83, 108, 145–49, 155, 159, 178, 179–80, 183, 189–224, 232, 235, 249–62, 291, 311, 312, 317, 318–20,
330, 333–34, 336–38, 340, 351–56, 372, 419, 460, 467–68, 589n–96n, 607n
geometry of, 192, 222, 337
gravitation and, 145–49, 155, 181–82, 189–97, 198, 199–202, 215, 216–22, 223, 249, 250–62, 266, 293, 314, 319–20, 337, 347, 349,
468, 511, 538–39, 548, 590n–94n, 607n
Hilbert’s equations for, 212–22, 232
“hole argument” in, 201, 591n–92n
inductive method for, 116–18, 191, 579n–81n
inertia in, 107–9, 118–19, 131, 146–47, 190, 199–201, 251–52, 318–20, 468, 548
invariances in, 131–32, 324
as ”Jewish physics,” 142, 269–71, 284–89, 311–12, 315
least action principle and, 141, 584n
light bending in, 5, 148–49, 165, 189–92, 202–5, 218, 219, 255–62, 266, 312–13, 355
local effects in, 189–90, 583n
magnetic fields in, 184, 185
manuscripts of, 136, 482, 583n
mass in, 250–51, 252, 468, 548
mathematical strategy for, 196, 197–98, 214, 594n
mathematics of, 36, 127, 132, 133, 136, 137, 149, 159, 191n, 192–99, 211–24, 250, 251, 288, 337, 340, 351, 352, 468, 510–11, 590n–
91n, 594n
Maxwell equations and, 115, 118, 120, 121, 138, 155–56, 157, 169, 170, 336n–37n, 338, 549, 578n, 581n
measurement in, 128–29, 313, 337
Mercury perihelion confirmed by, 199, 212, 213, 218–19, 223, 224, 250, 311, 313, 593n–94n
metric tensors used in, 194–98, 200–201, 212–22, 254–55, 320, 340, 351, 352, 590n–9ln
modernism and, 3, 277–80
moral relativism contrasted with, 270, 277–80, 602n
motion in, 36, 93, 107–9, 127–31, 133, 134, 135, 145–46, 197, 199–201, 212, 213, 215, 220, 223, 318–20, 467
Newtonian laws modified by, 114, 118–19, 125, 133, 145, 146–47, 189, 197, 198, 199–201, 204, 214, 216, 218, 223, 251–52, 256, 258,
259, 261–62, 264, 266, 277, 280, 548
observational frames of reference in, 114, 116, 118–19, 121–22, 130–32, 148, 277, 333, 511, 581n, 594n, 596n
papers published on, 122–35, 138–39, 144, 190–91, 198–202, 214, 215, 219, 220, 223, 252–55, 256, 317–18, 580n, 582n
paradoxes in, 114–15, 130
particle theory and, 120–22, 124, 141–42, 190, 255, 256, 318–20, 321, 580n–81n, 583n
physical laws in, 107–8, 196–97, 216–17, 223–24, 277, 278, 312–13, 510–11
physical strategy for, 196–97, 213–14, 591n, 594n
popular explanations of, 123–24, 133, 144, 145, 148, 178, 189, 232, 256, 263–67, 277–80, 284–86, 287, 293, 296–97, 302, 355, 369,
387, 426, 513, 539, 577n
postulates of, 118–22, 127–28, 134, 191, 252, 335, 347, 581n
public reaction to, 263–80, 355
quantum mechanics compared with, 5, 168–71, 320–21, 323, 326, 332, 334–37, 346, 347, 453, 459, 460
relativity principle in, 118–19, 120, 121–22, 124, 126, 127–35, 138, 148, 201, 250–54, 318–20, 323, 332, 335, 347, 349, 467, 510–11,
579n–80n, 581n
rest as concept in, 127–28, 133, 134
rotation in, 192, 199–201, 212, 213, 251–52, 318–20, 593n–94n, 596n
scientific acceptance of, 132–35, 140–42, 163, 176–77, 201, 223–24, 256–57, 263–66, 284–89, 309–16, 510, 606n
scientific opposition to, 142, 269–71, 273, 284–89, 309–16, 324, 388, 389, 495
simultaneous events in (synchronicity), 123–27, 129, 131, 134–35, 333, 346, 511, 548, 581n–82n
singularities in, 250–52
space as concept in (spacetime), 93, 125, 128, 131–35, 140, 169, 192, 193–96, 200, 218, 220, 223, 250–62, 265–66, 277, 278, 296,
318, 319, 333, 510–11, 548
special theory of, 2, 5, 13, 26, 36–37, 46, 47–48, 93, 106, 107–37, 138, 148, 149, 169, 176, 185, 189, 193, 235, 250, 255, 310, 313,
317–18, 336n–37n, 482, 570n, 578n–83n
speed of light in, 110–12, 114, 116–17, 118, 119–22, 123, 126, 128–30, 132, 138, 139, 189, 250, 252, 267, 297, 319, 347, 468, 548,
578n, 579n–80n, 581n
starlight verification of (eclipses), 5, 191, 202–5, 218, 255–62, 267, 269, 275–76, 311, 316, 317
thought experiments (Gedankenexperiment) for, 2, 3–4, 5, 114, 121, 122–27, 138, 142, 145–46, 147, 190, 201, 267, 583n
time as concept in, 93, 113, 122, 123–27, 128, 130–35, 140, 148, 169, 223, 250, 251, 266, 277, 318, 333, 349, 510–11, 581n–82n
train analogies for, 123–26, 128–30
twin paradox in, 130
unified field theory and, 336–38
“uniqueness” argument in, 213
velocity in, 114, 192
wave theory and, 109–12, 578n
Zurich Notebook for, 196–98, 214, 592n, 594n
Relativity: The Special and General Theory (Einstein), 232, 256, 267, 355, 539, 577n
religion, 15, 16, 20–21, 29–30, 56, 163–64, 167–68, 182, 243, 282–83, 372, 384–93, 462, 536, 548, 550–51, 587n