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A review by sl4u
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Read a 1961 edition of the book translated by Robert W. Lawson.
I think this is supposed to be a popular physics book for general audiences, but I would definitely not recommend for people who are not at least a little bit familiar with the concepts of special relativity, general relativity, and space-time.
Many of the explanations would have been more clear had they been accompanied by simple illustrations. The few illustrations that did appear (along with text explanations) usually did a much better job conveying meaning than paragraphs of plain text.
Some of the examples were very good, such as the object in the chest and the 2-d spherical surface.
I think this is supposed to be a popular physics book for general audiences, but I would definitely not recommend for people who are not at least a little bit familiar with the concepts of special relativity, general relativity, and space-time.
Many of the explanations would have been more clear had they been accompanied by simple illustrations. The few illustrations that did appear (along with text explanations) usually did a much better job conveying meaning than paragraphs of plain text.
Some of the examples were very good, such as the object in the chest and the 2-d spherical surface.