pt. 1. Genesis : riding a beam of light
Galileo discovers inertia & the relativity of motion
Einstein's first famous thought experiment
Einstein : from Zürich to Bern & the Annus Mirabilis
Converge, convert, & conserve : physics before Einstein
pt. 2. Special relativity
Einstein 1905 : the theory of relativity is born
The Michelson-Morley muddle
What does the theory predict?
From railroad time to space-time
1911 : the paradox about time
Is the theory true today?
pt. 3. General relativity
Galileo discovers how bodies fall
1907 : Einstein's second famous thought experiment
Enter, Mach's principle; or, seduced by an idea
Einstein's epic intellectual journey : 1907 to 1915
1916 : the great summation paper on general relativity
1920 : Year of fame, year of infamy
1922 : what is time? Bergson versus Einstein ... and the prize
1931 : Einstein's first visit to Caltech
Is the theory true today?
Cosmological conundrums and discoveries since Newton
Einstein 1917 : modern cosmology is born
Three challenges to Einstein's cosmic model
1931 : Caltech, again; Einstein meets Hubble
Cosmology since 1931 : highlights and episodes
pt. 5. Exodus : quest for a unified field theory
Roots of, and routes toward, unification
1931 : Caltech, once more
Exit, Mach; or, the perils of positivism
The quest ... and the quarrel over quanta
Legacy : from pariah to posthumous prophet.
