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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Relativity made easy (sort of),
By Howard Schneider (Thornhill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Theory Of Relativity (Paperback)
Einstein, A., The Theory of Relativity, The American People's Encyclopedia, 1949, reprinted in Essays in Physics by the Philosophical Library Inc. 1950, and republished here. This short essay, intended for the layman, clearly explains the core concepts of relativity. However, to be truly appreciated by the general reader, a review of high school mechanics prior to reading will be most advantageous. Einstein shows how the theory of relativity arose because of a need to consider the real world, ie, "..the same light ray cannot move with respect to all inertial systems with the same velocity c...it turns out, however, that this contradiction is only an apparent one which is based essentially on the prejudice about the absolute character of time or rather of the simultaneity of distant events." It is interesting that after Einstein's short essays on relativity and the equivalence of mass and energy in the above book, his 1936 essay "Physics and Reality" follows.
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The Theory Of Relativity by Albert Einstein (Paperback - October 1, 2000)
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