Einstein's Universe
by Nigel Calder
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In this centenary celebration of Einstein's birth, Calder offers lucid commentary on the landmark works Special Relativity and General Relativity which deal, respectively, with high-speed motion and gravity, revealing the extent to which Einstein revolutionized man's ideas about the universe.Tags
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Clear explanations of both of Einstein's theories, and why they are so important. Reading the 1979 version also gives a startling picture of how far our knowledge has advanced.
Excellent explanation of general and special relativity. Calder does something no else does and starts with general relativity, which seems weird at first but actually makes sense (since special relativity is the "special" case).
Blew my mind.
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- Canonical title
- Einstein's Universe
- Original title
- Einstein's Universe
- Original publication date
- 1979
- People/Characters
- Albert Einstein
- First words
- Galaxies, stars, planets and now spaceships rush about the universe, and we have a sense of time passing because the positions of objects change.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Even in our cynical century we can safely speak of the young Einstein in the words that the physicist Edmund Halley composed for his friend Isaac Newton: 'Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.'
- Original language
- English
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 15
