Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Vintage (1976), Edition: Revised, 198 pages
Description
One of the clearest, most entertaining introductions to the subject ever written offers lucid explanations of not only the special and general theories of relativity, but also of the Michelson-Morley experiment, gravity, and spacetime, Mach's principle, the twin paradox, models of the universe and other topics. 100 illustrations.
User reviews
LibraryThing member ague
Good book. Writing a little bit non-exciting for the dramatic material this book actually is about.
LibraryThing member RitaFaye
This was a college honors textbook. I am of a decidely non-scientific bent, and this is the only lucid explanation of relativity I received in school. Therefore I'm giving it 4 stars for illuminating an (to me) impenatrable idea and making it readable and (almost) enjoyable.
Subjects
Original language
English
Original publication date
1962
Physical description
198 p.; 5.2 inches
ISBN
0394721047 / 9780394721040