Relativity: the Special and the General Theory: a popular exposition. Einstein, A. Wings Books, New York, NY, USA, 1978. Authorized translation by Robert W. Lawson.
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@Book{Einstein:1978:RSG,
  author =       "Albert Einstein",
  title =        "{Relativity}: the {Special} and the {General Theory}:
                 a popular exposition",
  publisher =    "Wings Books",
  address =      "New York, NY, USA",
  pages =        "xiii + 188",
  year =         "1978",
  ISBN =         "0-517-02530-2 (paperback), 0-517-02961-8 (hardcover)",
  ISBN-13 =      "978-0-517-02530-7 (paperback), 978-0-517-02961-9
                 (hardcover)",
  bibdate =      "Mon Nov 21 05:53:26 MST 2005",
  bibsource =    "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/einstein.bib",
  note =         "Authorized translation by Robert W. Lawson.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  author-dates = "1879--1955",
  remark =       "Reprint of fifteenth edition (1952).",
  tableofcontents = "Part I. The Special Theory of Relativity. Physical
                 meaning of geometrical propositions \\
                 The system of coordinates \\
                 Space and time in classical mechanics \\
                 The Galileian system of coordinates \\
                 The principle of relativity \\
                 The theorem of the addition of velocities employed in
                 classical mechanics \\
                 The apparent incompatibility of the law of propagation
                 of light with the principle of relativity \\
                 On the idea of time in physics \\
                 The relativity of simultaneity \\
                 On the relativity of the conception of distance \\
                 The lorentz transformation \\
                 The behavior of measuring-rods and clocks in motionPart
                 II. The General Theory of Relativity. Special and
                 general principle of relativity \\
                 The gravitational field \\
                 The equality of inertial and gravitational mass as an
                 argument for the general postulate of relativity \\
                 In what respect are the foundation of classical
                 mechanics and of the special theory of relativity
                 unsatisfactory? \\
                 A few inferences from the general principle of
                 relativity \\
                 Behavior of clocks and measuring rods on a rotating
                 body of reference \\
                 Euclidean and noneuclidean continuum \\
                 Gaussian coordinates \\
                 The space--time continuum of the special theory of
                 relativity ocnsidered as a euclidean continuum \\
                 The space--time continuum of the general theory of
                 relativity is not a euclidean continuum \\
                 Exact formation of the general principle of relativity
                 \\
                 The solution of the problem of gravitation on the basis
                 of the general principle of relativity \\
                 Part III. Considerations on the Universe as a Whole.
                 Cosmological difficulties of Newton's Theory \\
                 The possibility of a ``finite'' and yet ``unbounded''
                 universe \\
                 The structure of space according to the general theory
                 of relativity",
}

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