gwyn@BRL@sri-unix (11/25/82)
From: Doug Gwyn <gwyn@BRL> Re: Request for information on original writings on Relativity There are two books I know of by Einstein: The Theory of Relativity Layman's guide, understandable with a good high school science background, contains the stock examples such as the man in the falling elevator. The Meaning of Relativity For the general physicist, good on Einstein's philosophy and intuitions, introduction to unified field theory. A somewhat dated, but still very enlightening, discussion of the General Theory of relativity can be found in The Mathematical Theory of Relativity, by A. S. Eddington. Two classic treatises by Erwin Schrodinger are: Space-Time Structure Affine and/or metric unified field theories Expanding Universes (? I think ?) Relativistic cosmology. If you are REALLY interested in the absolute foundations of the theory and how Einstein and Schrodinger were led to their approach to unified field theory, I could send you a copy of my Master's thesis. (I don't expect many requests, but if there are too many I may have to charge Xerox fees.) There are additional references there.