Relativity : the Special and General Theory - Albert Einstein

Relativity : the Special and General Theory

By Albert Einstein

  • Release Date: 1955-04-18
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
4
From 86 Ratings

Description

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. [Due to transcription or optical character recognition errors in creating online texts, and because of less-than-clear fonts in some printed texts, the variables as read in some of the equations here are not as Einstein intended. For example, the numeral ‘one’ has frequently been printed and read as the letter ‘I.’ In addition, some equations do not translate well into the spoken word. If you require completely accurate renditions of Einstein’s mathematical formulas, we suggest that you consult a published text.

Reviews

  • Missing Formulas and Illustrations

    1
    By artykul8
    This book is plain text that’s missing formulas and illustrations throughout the text
  • Theory Of Relativity

    5
    By Quiet King
    This book is the epitome of current science.
  • Ok

    3
    By yonkerrs
    It's a good book, and it has its flaws but hey, it's free.
  • Great book...bad e-book

    1
    By MsKrump
    Pictures and formulas don't display. Invest in a hard copy...it is a wonderful book.
  • Lacking the vital equations

    1
    By kdbarto
    If you can follow the text and have a good college calculus background you can follow along. The fact that the images that are the equations are not present make this book especially hard to read
  • Great writing, lousy e-book

    1
    By Notetaker1988
    Einstein makes his theory easily understood and accessible to the average reader, but this edition is chock full of spelling and punctuation errors, and formulae and illustrations are missing.
  • No equations

    2
    By ribbbbbbb
    When will they fix this?
  • Einsteins theories of relativity and gravity

    3
    By P⬆2
    Interesting to read, but formulas are missing from text.
  • Wonderful, yet unpolished

    4
    By mobius2016
    There are spelling and punctuation issues that need to be addressed
  • Equations and Figures Don't Display

    3
    By KGates9
    This would be a great book, except the the figures and equations don't display properly.