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Contents
Introduction
I. The Einstein Phenomenon
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a. Childhood and Youth
b. The Student Years
c. Einstein in Bern-The Miraculous Year and Beyond
d. A Tale of Three Cities-The General Theory of Relativity
e. The Emergence of a Quantum Worldview
f. The Einstein Myth and His Iconic Status
II. Ideas on Progress and Revolutions in Science
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a. The History of the Philosophy of Progress
b. How Did Einstein Think?
c. The Role of Mental Models
d. Restructuring Systems of Knowledge-A Copernicus Process

E. An Example of a Copernicus Process-The Galilean Revolution
f. The Einsteinian Revolution and Changing Worldviews
g. Other Historiographic Perspectives on Progress in Science
III. The Continents of Classical Physics and the Problems at Their Borders
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a. Classical Mechanics as a Comprehensive Worldview
b. Electrodynamics and the Ether Concept
c. Thermodynamics, the Kinetic Theory of Heat, and Atomism
d. Borderline Problems of Classical Physics
e. Between Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism-Black-body Radiation

F. Between Mechanics and Electromagnetism-The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
g. Between Mechanics and Thermodynamics-The Riddle of Brownian Motion
h. Borderline Problems in Historical and Cultural Context
IV. Classical Physics Put Back on Its Feet-The Miraculous Year
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a. Statistical Mechanics-A Prelude to the Miraculous Year
b. Letter to a Colleague-A Blueprint for Einstein's Copernican Revolution
c. The ""Invention"" of Brownian Motion-The Reality of Atoms
d. Radiation and Matter-The Discovery of Light Quanta (Photons)

E. Einstein's Lifelong Contemplation of Light Quanta
f. An Encounter in May-A "Eureka" Moment
g. The Origins of Special Relativity-The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
h. 1900 to 1905-A Panoramic Overview
i. A Copernican Transformation of Classical Physics
V. The Road to the General Theory of Relativity
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a. The Challenge of a Relativistic Theory of Gravitation
b. Einstein's Heuristics-The Equivalence Principle
c. Geometry Enters Physics-First Steps Towards a Field Equation
d. Einstein's Heuristics-A Plan of Action

E. Between Mathematical and Physical Strategies
f. The Entwurf Theory and Its Consolidation
g. The Drama of November 1915-The End of the Beginning
h. The Role of David Hilbert
i. The Relativity Revolution Continues-The Formative Years
j. The Generalized Relativity Principle Revisited
k. Cosmological Considerations-The Demise of Mach's Principle
VI. The Einsteinian Revolution as a Transformation of a System of Knowledge
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a. A Short History of Physics
b. The Epistemic Character of the Relativity Revolution