First published in 1925, Bertrand Russells ABC of Relativity was considered a masterwork of its time, contributing significantly to the mass popularisation of science. Authoritative and accessible, it provides a remarkable introductory guide to Einsteins theory of Relativity for a general readership. One of the most definitive reference guides of its kind, and written by one of the twentieth centurys most influential philosophers, ABC of Relativity continues to be as relevant today as it was on first publication.
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An ideal introduction to the theories of special and general relativity - Nature.
Preface Introduction
1. Touch and Sight: The Earth and the Heavens
2.
What Happens and What is Observed
3. The Velocity of Light
4. Clocks and
Foot-rules
5. Space-Time
6. The Special Theory of Relativity
7. Intervals in
Space-Time
8. Einsteins Law of Gravitation
9. Proofs of Einsteins Law of
Graviation
10. Mass, Momentum, Energy, and Action
11. The Expanding Universe
12. Conventions and Natural Laws
13. The Abolution of Force
14. What is
Matter?
15. Physical Consequences Index
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician, Russell was and remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.
