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It is the reciprocity of these appearances — that each party should think the other has contracted — that is so difficult to realise.
Space, Time and Gravitation (1920)
We are saved the difficulty of imagining how the processes of life can go on in two dimensions, because nothing goes on.
Space, Time and Gravitation (1920)
Some mechanism seems to be needed, whereby either gravitation creates matter, or all the matter in the universe conspires to define a law of gravitation.
Space, Time and Gravitation (1920)
It is of interest to inquire what happens when the aviator's speed … approximates to the velocity of light.
Space, Time and Gravitation (1920)
The writings of Einstein, Minkowski, Hilbert, Lorentz, Weyl, Robb, and others, have provided the groundwork; in the give and take of debate with friends and correspondents, the extensive ramifications have gradually appeared.
Space, Time and Gravitation (1920)