Books
The following books were written by Einstein. With the exception of publication #278, he had no co-authors.
| Index | Year | Book title and English translation | Publisher (Location) | Classification and notes | |
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| Schilpp 6 | 1906 | Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen
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Buchdruckerei K. J. Wyss (Bern) | Statistical mechanics. Inaugural-dissertation from Zürich Universität. Same as (journal) publication #11. | |
| Schilpp 86 | 1916 | Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie
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Barth (Leipzig) | General relativity. | |
| Schilpp 102 | 1917 | Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie, gemeinverständlich
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Vieweg (Braunschweig) | Special and general relativity. This is volume 38 (Heft 38) in the series Sammlung Vieweg. Other editions and translations are found in publications #110, 129, 130, 137–141, 154, 169 and 215. | |
| Schilpp 110 | 1918 | Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie, gemeinverständlich, 3rd edition
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Vieweg (Braunschweig) | Special and general relativity. Other editions and translations are found in publication #102 and 129, 130, 137–141, 154, 169 and 215. | |
| Schilpp 129 | 1920 | Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie, gemeinverständlich, 10th edition
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Vieweg (Braunschweig) | Special and general relativity. The first edition of this book is listed as publication #102. Editions of this work were published until 1922 (the 14th edition). Editions 10–14 contained an additional section ("Rotverschiebung der Spectrallinien" (Redshift of spectral lines) in the appendix. | |
| Schilpp 131 | 1920 | Äther und Relativitätstheorie: Rede gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 an der Reichs-Universität zu Leiden
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Springer Verlag (Berlin) | Special and general relativity. The French, English, and Italian translations are listed as publications #145, 152, and 153, respectively. An undated Polish translation by L. Freundenheim, Eter a teorja wzglednosci, was published in Lviv. | |
| Schilpp 143 | 1921 | Geometrie und Erfahrung, Erweiterte Fassung des Festvortrages gehalten an der Preussischen Akademie
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Springer Verlag (Berlin) | General relativity. The original paper is found as (journal) publication #148. French, English and Italian translations are listed as publications #144, 152, and 153. An undated Polish translation, Geometrja a doswiadczenie, was published in Lviv. | |
| Schilpp 156 | 1922 | Vier Vorlesungen über Relativitätstheorie, gehalten im Mai 1921, an der Universität Princeton
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Vieweg (Braunschweig) | Special and general relativity. German text of publication #143. A second printing by Vieweg is dated 1923. | |
| Schilpp 157 | 1922 | Untersuchungen über die Theorie der Brownschen Bewegungen
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Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Leipzig) | Statistical mechanics. A re-issue of publications #8, 11, 12, 22, and 26 with notes and derivations from the editor, R. Fürth. Released as Nr. 199 of Oswalds Klassiker der exacten Wissenschaften. An English translation appeared as publication #198. | |
| Schilpp 168 | 1923 | Grundgedanken und Probleme der Relativitätstheorie
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Imprimerie royale (Stockholm) | Special and general relativity. Nobel prize lecture, delivered before the Nordische Naturforscherversammlung in Göteborg. Reprinted in Nobelstiftelsen, Les prix Nobel en 1921–22. | |
| Schilpp 264 | 1933 | On the Method of Theoretical Physics | Clarendon Press (Oxford) | Philosophy of physics. The Herbert Spenser lecture at Oxford University, delivered on June 10, 1933. | |
| Schilpp 265 | 1933 | Origins of the General Theory of Relativity | Jackson (Glasgow) | General relativity. Lecture at the University of Glasgow, delivered June 20, 1933. | |
| Schilpp 266 | 1933 | Les fondements de la théorie de la relativité générale
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Hermann (Paris) | General relativity. French translations of publications #89 and 251 by Maurice Solovine, together with a new essay by Einstein, "Sur la structure cosmologique de l'espace", which discusses the cosmological implications of general relativity, together with its historical antecedents. | |
| Schilpp 278 | 1938 | The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta | Simon and Schuster (New York) | History of physics. Co-authored with Infeld L. | |
| Schilpp 279 | 1938 | Die Physik als Abenteuer der Erkenntnis
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Sijthoff (Leiden) | Philosophy of physics. | |
| Schilpp 297 | 1945 | The Meaning of Relativity | Princeton University (Princeton) | Special and general relativity. Second edition of publication #142, with a long appendix covering various topics such as the cosmological implications of general relativity. The appendix was translated by Ernst G. Straus. A "third edition" was published in 1946 by Methuen (London), but it is identical except for a change in pagination. The true third, fourth and fifth editions appeared in 1950, 1953 and 1956, respectively. In the 3rd, Einstein added Appendix II on a generalized theory of gravitation, which was substantially revised for the fifth and final edition. |
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