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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter - Community Reviews back

by Jeffrey Bennett
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Silk & Serif
Silk & Serif rated it 10 years ago
Received via NetGalley and Columbia University Press for an completely unbiased review.Jeffrey Bennett is no Brian Greene, but then again his own method of explaining basic physic principals seems to weave its way into its own set of followers. What is Relativity? Special Relativity? Why is it impor...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 10 years ago
It’s confirmed. Black holes don’t suck… I always say that TV is the devil's and god's work at the same time. On the plus-side, the TV has probably provided the biggest push toward making science books more appealing, at least to the eye. It has created a graphic-oriented society, and the persons ...
katiewilkins186
katiewilkins186 rated it 10 years ago
This is a primer on the basic ideas of relativity. It includes great, illustrative cartoons and very little math. The author addresses many of the misconceptions people might have about concepts related to relativity because of pop culture and introduces some surprising ways relativity affects our d...
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