Relativity (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): The Special and the General Theory - Softcover

Albert Einstein; Translated By Robert W. Lawson; Introduction By Amit Hagar

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9780760759219: Relativity (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): The Special and the General Theory

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ISBN 10: 0760759219 ISBN 13: 9780760759219

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 2004

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The paperback. Pub Date: 07 2004 Pages: 125 Publisher: Barnes & Noble Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Pacifist and Humanitarian has been Universally acclaimed the Greatest Theoretical physicist who ever lived. Adapting the old laws of physics to Einstein's space-time resulted in 'relativistic' physics. He. more than anyone else. realized that every physical theory is largely an invention of the mind. a mathematical model used to 'mimic' a certain domain of experimental facts. Einstein's work on relativity is indeed the greatest contribution to the philosophy of science. It has long been thought that only a handful of scientists could comprehend Einstein's theory of relativity. But in this book the inventor himself explains both the special and the general theories in terms that the layman can understand . - This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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"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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'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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