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by Martin Gardner
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ISBN: 0486293157 Dover Publications Price: $12.95 |
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One of the clearest, most entertaining introductions to the subject ever written offers lucid explanations of not only the special and general theories of relativity, but also of the Michelson-Morley experiment, gravity, and spacetime, Mach's principle, the twin paradox, models of the universe and other topics. 100 illustrations.
Table of Contents for Relativity Simply Explained
| Introduction to the Dover Edition | |||||||
| Introduction to the 1976 Edition | |||||||
| 1 Absolute or Relative? | |||||||
| 2 The Michelson-Morley Experiment | |||||||
| 3 "The Special Theory of Relativity, PART I" | |||||||
| 4 "The Special Theory of Relativity, PART II" | |||||||
| 5 The General Theory of Relativity | |||||||
| 6 Gravity and Spacetime | |||||||
| 7 Test of General Relativity | |||||||
| 8 Mach's Principle | |||||||
| 9 The Twin Paradox | |||||||
| 10 Models of the Universe | |||||||
| 11 "Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes" | |||||||
| 12 Beginning and End | |||||||
| "Postscript, 1996" | |||||||
| Index |