Ebook: Relativity: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Russell Stannard
- Tags: Relativity
- Series: Very short introductions 190
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Language: English
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Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics - replacing Newtonian ideas of space and time with bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions, a world of slowing clocks and stretched space, black holes and curved space-time. This introduction explores and explains the theory in an accessible and understandable way.
Abstract: Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics - replacing Newtonian ideas of space and time with bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions, a world of slowing clocks and stretched space, black holes and curved space-time. This introduction explores and explains the theory in an accessible and understandable way