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Relativity: The Special and General Theory - Albert Einstein, Robert W. Lawson
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
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The new editing best formatting,add table of contents, and add illustrations.This is simple formatting, easy to read with e-book reader.Relativity: The Special and General Theory is an introduction to Einstein’s space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, first published in December... show more
The new editing best formatting,add table of contents, and add illustrations.This is simple formatting, easy to read with e-book reader.Relativity: The Special and General Theory is an introduction to Einstein’s space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, first published in December 1916. 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.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B005LDJM0K
Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd
Pages no: 106
Edition language: English
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Oiclid's Shelf
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4.5 A Review of Dr. Einstein's "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory"
To be clear, this is actually a "popular science" book. The fact that it was written by the creator of the theories of Relativity helps because Einstein himself tries to break it down into relatively (see what I did there) bite sized pieces. To follow the book, you need to know some Math, but high...
Edward
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0.0 Relativity
PrefaceNote to the Fifteenth Edition--RelativityAppendices:1. Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation2. Minowski's Four-dimensional Space ("World")3. The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity(a) Motion of the Perihelion of Mercury(b) Deflection of Light by a Gravitati...
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3.5 Relativity, Einstein
The aim of this book is to introduce people without a strong physics (or even scientific) background to the special and general theories of relativity - theories that Einstein was the primary developer of. Einstein assumes the reader has passes a "university matriculation exam." What that meant in t...
Burston's Science Book Blog
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4.0 Relativity
The aim of this book is to introduce people without a strong physics (or even scientific) background to the special and general theories of relativity - theories that Einstein was the primary developer of. Einstein assumes the reader has passed a "university matriculation exam." What that meant in t...
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2.0 Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, The Masterpiece Science Edition,
The rating doesn't reflect the importance or quality of thinking of this book. It's relative... and subjective. It reflects rather how much I understood and enjoyed it, and at that is overated, although I gave it as high as I did because I'm glad I tried and might come back to it. In Einstein's pref...
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