Relativity: The Special and General Theory
- ISBN-10
- 048641714X
- ISBN-13
- 9780486417141
- Series
- Relativity
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Authors
- Albert Einstein, Robert W. Lawson
Description
This book contains the great physicist's own explanation of both the special and general theories of relativity. Written for readers interested in the theory but not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics, it presents the ideas in their simplest, most intelligible form.
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- 328 pages
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