Volume 4 - Einstein Papers Project skip to main content Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Einstein Papers Project The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Who We Are Open Who We Are submenu Current Editors & Staff Past Editors & Staff Executive Committee History of the Project What We Do Open What We Do submenu The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Published Volumes Open Published Volumes submenu Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 Volume 13 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 Princeton University Press Future Volumes Editorial Method News Resources Open Resources submenu Useful Links Further Reading Contact Open Contact submenu Contact A Request Permissions and Reproductions Digital Einstein SearchSearch Menu Close Who We Are Open Who We Are submenu What We Do Open What We Do submenu News Resources Open Resources submenu Contact Open Contact submenu Digital Einstein Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Who We Are Back Current Editors & Staff Past Editors & Staff Executive Committee History of the Project What We Do Back The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Published Volumes Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 Volume 13 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 Princeton University Press Future Volumes Editorial Method Resources Back Useful Links Further Reading Contact Back Contact A Request Permissions and Reproductions SearchSearch Home / What We Do / Published Volumes / Volume 4 Volume 4 Related Pages Close What We Do The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Published Volumes Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 Volume 13 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 Princeton University Press Future Volumes Editorial Method The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912 - 1914 Editors: Martin J. Klein, A. J. Kox, Jürgen Renn, Robert Schulmann Contributing Editors: Silvio Bergia, József Illy, Michel Janssen, John D. Norton, Tilman Sauer Editorial Assistants: Rita Fountain, Annette Pringle Ordering information Volume 4 presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. Most of the material documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Three scientific manuscripts, printed here for the first time, provide insights into Einstein's efforts to generalize his original relativity theory into a theory of gravitation. The first provides a survey of the special theory of relativity. The second consists of notes that document Einstein's research on gravitation. The third contains calculations on the problem of the motion of the perihelion of Mercury. The explanation of the observed anomaly of this motion was to become one of the classical tests of general relativity. The existence of such a manuscript was not known until now. All three of these manuscripts add significantly to our understanding of the creation of general relativity. California Institute of Technology 1200 East California Boulevard Pasadena, California 91125 Digital Accessibility | Privacy Notice | Site Content Copyright © 2026 | Log In