What is relativity?
Subtitle: an intuitive introduction to Einstein's ideas, and why they matter
By: Jeffrey Bennett
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780231167260
Subjects: Popular works; Relativity (Physics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started; title: Voyage to a black hole; title: Einstein's special theory of relativity; title: Racing light; title: Redefining space and time; title: A new common sense; title: Einstein's general theory of relativity; title: Newton's absurdity; title: Redefining gravity; title: Implications of relativity; title: Black holes; title: The expanding universe; title: Epilogue : your indelible mark on the universe.