Einstein and the ether / Ludwik Kostro.

	Foreword
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Einstein's view on the ether before 1905	11
1.1	First notions of electromagnetism and the ether	11
1.2	Einstein's youthful "scientific work" on the ether and magnetic field	12
1.3	Einstein designs experiments to confirm the Earth's motion through the ether	15
1.4	Einstein's first doubts about the existence of the ether and the electrodynamics of his time	16
1.5	Conceptual premises for doubts concerning the ether	17
Ch. 2	Einstein denies the existence of the ether (1905-1916)	27
2.1	Works published before the Special Relativity Theory	27
2.2	The ether becomes superfluous	29
2.3	Beginnings of the General Theory of Relativity	33
2.4	Einstein finds a new argument against the ether	35
2.5	Other works in which Einstein rejects the ether	38
2.6	Origin of the dispute between Einstein and Lenard	40
2.7	Minkowski's four-dimensional world	43
2.8	Einstein on the path to the new ether	45
2.9	Summary	62
Ch. 3	Einstein introduces his new concept of the ether (1916-1924)	63
3.1	Correspondence with Lorentz, polemic with Lenard	63
3.2	The new ether concept in the "Morgan Manuscript"	77
3.3	The anti-Einstein campaign over the ether	79
3.4	Preparations for an extensive presentation of the new ether concept	84
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