This volume presents Einstein's writings from the final period
of his work in Switzerland. Most of the material in Volume 4
documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of
gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with
the completion of the general theory of relativity.
Three scientific manuscripts, printed here for the first time,
provide insight into Einstein's efforts to generalize his original
relativity theory into a theory of gravitation. The first is a
review article on the special theory of relativity. The second
consists of notes that document Einstein's research on gravitation.
The third manuscript contains calculations on the problem of the
motion of the perihelion of Mercury. The explanation of the
observed anomaly of this motion was to become one of the classical
tests of general relativity. The existence of such a manuscript has
not been known before now. All three of these manuscripts, along
with other material in this volume, add significantly to our
understanding of the creation of general relativity.
This supplementary paperback volue presents only the English
translations of non-English materials and is not intended for use
without the original-language documentary edition.
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