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# Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

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Review: Empirical Reality from the Horse's Mouth - When physicists insist on writing nonsense, it is helpful to get it from the horse's mouth, so to speak. With relativity we have to get our heads around the idea that no matter how fast we are moving, we will always measure the speed of light relative to ourselves as exactly the same. This defies the common sense of our daily experience. But, using everyday language and practically no mathematics, Einstein leads us to accept this experimentally confirmed truth in the only way it can be accepted: that our time and our space lengthen or shorten such that the light around us travels at 300,000 of our km per one of our seconds. OK. I'm sure he's right. But, he does another thing in this book which I found most valuable, and that is that he firmly ties the discussion of relativity to empirical reality, so that in the end we might accept relativity with no more fuss than we accept a 30 cm rule for measuring distances and drawing straight lines. One returns to the undergraduate texts much strengthened.
Review: Everything is relative, even this theory - Difficult read, but what a prize to understand it!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 659,704 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 299 in Astronomy & Cosmology 985 in Popular Science Physics 10,756 in Scientific, Technical & Medical |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,155) |
| Dimensions  | 15.01 x 0.99 x 22.81 cm |
| Edition  | Translation |
| ISBN-10  | 1891396307 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1891396304 |
| Item weight  | 236 g |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Routledge Great Minds |
| Print length  | 158 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Dec. 2010 |
| Publisher  | Martino Fine Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Empirical Reality from the Horse's Mouth
*by D***R on 19 August 2017*

When physicists insist on writing nonsense, it is helpful to get it from the horse's mouth, so to speak. With relativity we have to get our heads around the idea that no matter how fast we are moving, we will always measure the speed of light relative to ourselves as exactly the same. This defies the common sense of our daily experience. But, using everyday language and practically no mathematics, Einstein leads us to accept this experimentally confirmed truth in the only way it can be accepted: that our time and our space lengthen or shorten such that the light around us travels at 300,000 of our km per one of our seconds. OK. I'm sure he's right. But, he does another thing in this book which I found most valuable, and that is that he firmly ties the discussion of relativity to empirical reality, so that in the end we might accept relativity with no more fuss than we accept a 30 cm rule for measuring distances and drawing straight lines. One returns to the undergraduate texts much strengthened.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everything is relative, even this theory
*by H***S on 30 September 2023*

Difficult read, but what a prize to understand it!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent explanation that makes relativity both accessible and understandable to a wider audience
*by I***L on 2 January 2015*

This a quite excellent explanation of the special and general principles of relativity. Einstein breaks this book down into small digestible chunks that take anywhere between ten minutes to half an hour to read. While many people will have looked through Wikipedia and/ or physics texts in an attempt to understand relativity, Einstein explains his counter-intuitive theories in a non-academic, down to Earth and thoroughly understandable manner. My only criticism is that in converting this text into Kindle format, is that the mathematical equations (of which there are admittedly not many) tend to be in small font (which is sometimes difficult to read) and do not lend themselves to re-sizing along with the rest of the text: as such I've only given this four stars. That said if you don't have much time, this is an excellent read that can easily be accommodated bit by bit on one's daily commute.

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