Bennett, Jeffrey O.
What is relativity? : an intuitive introduction to Einstein's ideas, and why they matter / Jeffrey Bennett. - viii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction-foreword : Einstein's life -- Getting started -- Voyage to a black hole -- Einstein's special theory of relativity -- Racing light -- Redefining space and time -- A new common sense -- Einstein's general theory of relativity -- Newton's absurdity -- Redefining gravity -- Implications of relativity -- Black holes -- The expanding universe -- Epilogue : your indelible mark on the universe.
9780231167260 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231167261 (cloth : alk. paper)
2013026801
Relativity (Physics)--Popular works.
Relativity (Physics)
Popular works.
530.12 BEN
What is relativity? : an intuitive introduction to Einstein's ideas, and why they matter / Jeffrey Bennett. - viii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction-foreword : Einstein's life -- Getting started -- Voyage to a black hole -- Einstein's special theory of relativity -- Racing light -- Redefining space and time -- A new common sense -- Einstein's general theory of relativity -- Newton's absurdity -- Redefining gravity -- Implications of relativity -- Black holes -- The expanding universe -- Epilogue : your indelible mark on the universe.
9780231167260 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231167261 (cloth : alk. paper)
2013026801
Relativity (Physics)--Popular works.
Relativity (Physics)
Popular works.
530.12 BEN