Re: Special and General Relativity papers

Click For Summary
SUMMARY

This discussion focuses on locating free online resources for Albert Einstein's seminal papers on special and general relativity. Users shared multiple links to accessible formats, including HTML and PDF versions, from reputable sources such as MIT and Project Gutenberg. The conversation highlights the challenges of finding older academic papers, particularly those whose copyrights have expired. Participants confirmed that while some PDF formats may initially appear blank, they can be accessed successfully with patience or alternative readers.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with academic research methods
  • Understanding of PDF and HTML file formats
  • Basic knowledge of Einstein's theories of relativity
  • Experience with eBook readers and online libraries
NEXT STEPS
  • Explore the MIT link for Einstein's relativity papers in PDF format
  • Research Project Gutenberg for additional public domain texts
  • Investigate the use of Microsoft eBook Reader for accessing academic texts
  • Learn about copyright laws regarding historical scientific papers
USEFUL FOR

Students, educators, and researchers in physics or history of science who are seeking free access to foundational texts in relativity theory.

Schrodinger's Dog
Messages
835
Reaction score
7
The internet is an absolute nightmare for finding papers, particularly ones that are so old the author has died and the copyright has expired.

Anyone got a link to Einsteins 3 papers

And also his paper on special and general relativity. Apparently I can buy it for $x, but since it should be free and my search engine can't find a free source I'm asking here?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Moridin said:
Relativity: The Special and General Theory

http://www.bartleby.com/173/ (HTML)
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/Elist.html#Einstein_Albert (HTML, LIT)
http://web.mit.edu/birge/Public/books/Einstein-Relativity.pdf (PDF)

Sidelights on Relativity

http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Einstein/ (PDF)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7333 (HTML, TXT)

That's fantastic thanks guys.

Is not even the free, free any more :rolleyes: :-p

Oddly though the pdf format is blank for me? I can read it on line but would rather print it out or save it.

And I don't speak German I'm afraid, is there an English translation on that site Robphy?

Oh never mind I downloaded the Microsoft ebook reader this works fine. Strange about the pdf?
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Both PDF files work, the one from MIT only takes some time to load. However, it is just the ones online that has all of the original(?) images.
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
Replies
8
Views
3K
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
  • · Replies 82 ·
3
Replies
82
Views
8K
  • · Replies 102 ·
4
Replies
102
Views
7K
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Views
3K
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
  • · Replies 264 ·
9
Replies
264
Views
23K