What is relativity? : an intuitive introduction to Einstein’s ideas, and why they matter / Jeffrey Bennett.

Bennett, Jeffrey O.
New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting started — Voyage to a black hole — Einstein’s special theory of relativity — Racing light — Redefining space and time — A new common sense — Einstein’s general theory of relativity — Newton’s absurdity — Redefining gravity — Implications of relativity — Black holes — The expanding universe — Epilogue : your indelible mark on the universe.
Explains the fundamental principles of relativity, describing such aspects of the theory as black holes, curvature of spacetime, and singularity, as well as its practical applications in everyday life.

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