1. Historical Introduction i-xxiii
[By Mr. P. C. Mahalanobis.]
2. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies 1-34
[Einstein’s first paper on the restricted Theory of Relativity, originally published in the Annalen der Physik in 1905. Translated from the original German by Dr. Meghnad Saha.]
3. Albrecht Einstein 35-39
[A short biographical note by Dr. Meghnad Saha.]
4. Principle of Relativity 1-52
[H. Minkowski’s original paper on the restricted Principle of Relativity first published in 1909. Translated from the original German by Dr. Meghnad Saha.]
5. Appendix to the above by H. Minkowski 53-88
[Translated by Dr. Meghnad Saha.]
6. The Generalised Principle of Relativity 89-163
[A. Einstein’s second paper on the Generalised Principle first published in 1916. Translated from the original German by Mr. Satyendranath Bose.]
7. Notes 165-185
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