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Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Albert EINSTEIN (1879 - 1955), Translated by Robert W. Lawson (1890 - 1960) This is an introduction to Einstein's space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself. Special and General relativity explain the structure of space time and provide a theory of gravitation, respectively. Einstein's theories shocked the world with their counterintuitive results, including the dissolution of absolute time. In this book he brings a simplified form of his profound understanding of the subject to the layperson. In the words of Einstein: "The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book is challenging at times but, when approached patiently, proves itself one of the most lucid explanations of Relativity to be found anywhere.
Author: Robert W. Lawson, Albert Einstein
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/12/2015
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781516853229
ISBN10: 1516853229
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | General
- Science | Physics | Relativity
Albert EINSTEIN (1879 - 1955), Translated by Robert W. Lawson (1890 - 1960) This is an introduction to Einstein's space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself. Special and General relativity explain the structure of space time and provide a theory of gravitation, respectively. Einstein's theories shocked the world with their counterintuitive results, including the dissolution of absolute time. In this book he brings a simplified form of his profound understanding of the subject to the layperson. In the words of Einstein: "The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." The book is challenging at times but, when approached patiently, proves itself one of the most lucid explanations of Relativity to be found anywhere.
Author: Robert W. Lawson, Albert Einstein
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/12/2015
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781516853229
ISBN10: 1516853229
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | General
- Science | Physics | Relativity
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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