On the theory of special and general relativity

Work published in 1917, a few years before Albert Einstein (1879-1955) definitively established the famous field equations of general relativity. On the special and general theory of relativity, it is proposed "to give an idea as exact as possible of the theory of relativity, thinking of those who, without mastering the mathematical section of theoretical physics, have an interest in the theory from the point of view of from a general scientific or philosophical point of view. ' This edition, which incorporates an analytical index, includes as an appendix a simple derivation of the Lorentz transformation and a discussion of the four-dimensional Minkowski formulation.