RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORY BY ALBERT EINSTEIN Written: 1916 (this revised edition: 1924) Source: Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1920) Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd First Published: December‚ 1916 Translated: Robert W. Lawson (Authorised translation) Transcription/Markup: Brian Basgen Transcription to text: Gregory B. Newby Thanks to: Einstein Reference Archive (marxists.org) The Einstein Reference Archive is online at: http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/einstein/index
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General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. According to general relativity‚ the observed gravitational attraction between masses results from their warping of space and time. By the beginning of the 20th century‚ Newton’s law of universal gravitation had been accepted for more than two hundred years as a valid description of the gravitational force between masses. In Newton’s model‚ gravity is the result of an attractive force between
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John Locke (1632 – 1704)‚ a philosopher and a scientist‚ contributed much to the realms of philosophy‚ law‚ and politics. He put into question the idea of innatism and whether people were truly born with some basic knowledge. He strongly believed in the innate goodness of humans and the right to freedom and property of the people. Both Innate ideas and Empiricism will be further analyzed‚ and whether Locke’s ‘children and idiots’ argument against innate ideas is sound. Locke believes that people
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Cultural relativity is the process to understand that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. In other words‚ “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another society. And since there is no something as “universal standard of morality”‚ therefore we have to use the culture’s own value system to judge the culture. It is closely related to ethical relativism‚ which is to judge
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Theories of Relativity Journal 2 Waheed Ahmed The book I have chosen to complete my ISP journal on is Theories of Relativity by Barbara Haworth-Attard. The second half of the book begins with Dylan planning a trip to Murdock to try to move in with his grandparents. However‚ this plan fails miserably when he discovers that his grandmother has died and his grandfather is soon to follow. His situation only worsens when he returns to Toronto; Dylan is brutally beaten by Brendan’s
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The Berkeley Pit: Friend or Foe? What would you say if I told you that there exists a body of water so toxic that it kills almost all that touches it? A place where pure water meets vile and vicious chemicals deemed cinema worthy‚ and is visible from space! In the city of Butte‚ Montana‚ the hazardous Berkeley Pit is a cesspool of toxic chemicals and crimson water that may create disastrous consequences for the ecosystem of Montana; but could something so sinister act as a way to better ourselves
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Bailey Jamile October 11‚ 2010 Rel 150; T/R 1045-12:00 Relativism Relativism is the theory that truths‚ values‚ and norms are different for different people‚ depending on their cultural‚ economic‚ political and religious backgrounds. The theory of religious relativism requires students to tolerate other people’s religious beliefs and practices‚ at the same time recognizing their own beliefs and practices as just one system in a world of diverse‚ yet equally legitimate‚ religious systems
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sterilization program and genocide during WWII. John Locke was the prosecuting lawyer and Hitler invited Jeremy Bentham to be his defending lawyer. Write a report of the trial recording the debate between Locke and Bentham and the court’s final judgment. Name: Ma Wai Ching Student ID: 10555573 Lecturer: Danny Leung No. of words: 516 Adolf Hitler was in a court trial for the Nazi party’s human experimentation‚ sterilization program and genocide during WWII. John Locke was the prosecuting lawyer who advocates
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earth‚ with authority to judge between them‚ is properly the state of nature” (Locke 15). Man’s rights‚ which Locke lists extensively‚ also take root in this law. In the exercise of his reason‚ Locke asserts‚ man will naturally conclude that all men are “equal and independent‚ [and] no one ought to harm another in life‚ health‚ liberty‚ or possessions…” (9). Herein lies the foremost of Locke’s many natural rights: the right to life‚ liberty‚ and property. As Locke proceeds in his reasoning‚ he divulges
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created inequality‚ it also created freedom‚ morality‚ and rationality‚ which make people human. On the other hand‚ Locke explained that the state of nature evolved into civil society because people wanted to protect their property and liberties. He concluded that civil society exists to benefit the people; if the present government fails to do so it should be overthrown. Rousseau and Locke had similar methods of argumentations‚ deductive reasoning‚ but they had different
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