Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Title: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory Author: Albert Einstein ISBN: 9780143039822 Publisher: Penguin Classics Published: 2006 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Science & Math 1544361 Publisher Description: An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "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." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his masterpiece, The General Theory of Relativity--which provided a brand-new theory of gravity and promised a new pers