I N D E X 3 7 3
Disk, rotating. See Rotating disk
Dispersion, 39–40, 256
Dissociation of gases, 183–190
Doppler effect, 255–256
Dragging coefficient. See Light, Fresnel drag-
ging coefficient of
Dragging of inertial frames. See Lense-Thirring
effect
DZA. See Deutscher Zentralausschuß für
Auslandshilfe
Earth
moment of inertia of, 89–90
rotation of, 89–92, 96
Eastern Jews. See Jews of Eastern Europe
Eclipse, solar, expedition. See Solar eclipse
expeditions
Eddington, Arthur (1882–1944), 197
and anti-relativists, 199
disagreement with AE on Mach’s principle,
and solar eclipse expeditions, 97
EINSTEIN, ALBERT (1879–1955)
“most fortunate idea in my life,” 136
self-characterization as “Swiss Jew,” 105
CORRESPONDENCE
from Central-Verein deutscher Staats-
bürger jüdischen Glaubens: to Central-
Verein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdis-
chen Glaubens, 159
from Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon, 97
LECTURES
inaugural lecture at University of Leyden,
160–181
lecture on theory of relativity at King’s
College, 238–240
lectures on relativity at Princeton Univer-
sity, 261–368
Electric charge
density of, 84
static spherically symmetric distribution of,
88
Electric current
density, 84
Electrodynamics, 62, , 102, 108, 301–303
covariant formulation of, 300, 309, 357–358
development of, 238
as fundamental science, 166, 172
Lorentz’s formulation of, 115
Maxwell’s formulation of, 115
See also Electromagnetic field and Electron
theory, Lorentz’s
Electromagnetic field
equations, 286–288; for stationary media,
286; for vacuum, 82–83, 115, 118, 224,
281, 366
and matter, 115
Maxwell tensor: see Maxwell field tensor
medium for, 169–174
stresses in: see Maxwell stress
Electromagnetic induction
problem of electrodynamic explanation of,
135–136
Electromagnetic potential, 225
Electromagnetism. See Electrodynamics
Electron
negative pressure within, 85, 366
stability of, 81,
Electron theory
Lorentz’s, 281, 307
Poincaré’s, 366
relativistic, 81–86, 88
See also Elementary particles, constitution of
Elementary particles: constitution of, 81–88,
178–180, 214. See also Electron theory
Emission theory of light. See Light, emission
theory of
Energy
components: see Energy-momentum compo-
nents
of electromagnetic field, 88
of gravitational field, 88
inertia of: see Mass-energy equivalence
kinetic, 70, 129
of matter, 88
new sources of, 195
nuclear, 195
potential, 277
Energy-momentum, components (pseudotensor)
of density of: of gravitational field, 12–16,
22, 28–30, 49, 55–58