TY - BOOK AU - Russell, Bertrand TI - The abc of relativity SN - (pbk) U1 - 530.11 PY - 1956/// CY - London PB - A Mentor Book KW - Abc--Relativity N1 - 1. Touch and sight: the earth and the heavens ............... 9 2. What happens and what is observed ......................... 16 3. The velocity of light ............................................... 24 4. Clocks and foot-rules .............................................. 32 5. Space-time ............................................................ 41 6. The special theory of relativity ............................. 49 7. Intervals in space-time .......................................... 61 8. Einstein’s law of gravitation ................................. 72 9. Proofs of einstein’s law of gravitation ................... 83 10. Mass, momentum, energy, and action ................... 91 11. The expanding universe ........................................ 103 12. Conventions and natural laws ............................... 114 13. The abolition of ‘force’ ........................................ 123 14. What is matter? ................................................... 131 15. Philosophical consequences ER -