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Relativity: The Special and General Theory - Hardcover

Albert Einstein

 
9781572154698: Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1572154691 ISBN 13: 9781572154698

Synopsis

In a effort to explain his theories to the average person Einstein wrote this little book in which he set forth his theories in a straightforward prose and with only a minimum of mathematics.

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Review

"He was unfathomably profound - the genius among geniuses who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed."
-"Time
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From the Back Cover

'He was unfathomably profound - the genius among geniuses who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed.' - Time

'Time' magazine's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned founder of modern physics. His theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short book Einstein explains, using the minimum of mathematical terms, the basic ideas and principles of the theory which has shaped the world we live in today. Unsurpassed by any subsequent books on relativity, this remains the most popular and useful exposition of Einstein's immense contribution to human knowledge.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Born in Switzerland, died in the USA. Brilliant physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1921, the same year he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Publication date
1600
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1572154691
ISBN 13 
9781572154698
Binding
Hardcover