Einstein's Theory of Relativity

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Relativity demystified by Nobel physicist Max Born.

If Einstein's work has ever piqued your curiosity but seemed daunting, Max Born's book could be your perfect companion. Imagine an approachable guide that takes complex scientific ideas and makes them accessible without diluting their significance. Born uses simple language, everyday examples, and only high school algebra, making it a welcoming read for anyone intrigued by the workings of the universe.

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Einstein's Theory of Relativity

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ISBN: 9780486607696
Authors: Max Born
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date of Publication: 1962-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History, Personal Development
Related Topics: Physics, Popular Science
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A book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born is a Nobel Laureate (1955) and one of the world's great physicists: in this book he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian relativity. The result is undoubtedly the most lucid and insightful of all the books that have been written to explain the revolutionary theory that marked the end of the classical and the beginning of the modern era of physics. The author follows a quasi-historical method of presentation. The book begins with a review of classical physics, covering such topics as origins of space and time measurements, geometric axioms, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, concepts of equilibrium and force, laws of motion, inertia, mass, momentum and energy, Newtonian world system (absolute space and absolute time, gravitation, celestial mechanics, centrifugal forces, and absolute space), laws of optics (the corpuscular and undulatory theories, speed of light, wave theory, Doppler effect, convection of light by matter), electrodynamics (including magnetic induction, electromagnetic theory of light, electromagnetic ether, electromagnetic laws of moving bodies, electromagnetic mass, and the contraction hypothesis). Born then takes up his exposition of Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, discussing the concept of simultaneity, kinematics, Einstein's mechanics and dynamics
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Relativity demystified by Nobel physicist Max Born.

If Einstein's work has ever piqued your curiosity but seemed daunting, Max Born's book could be your perfect companion. Imagine an approachable guide that takes complex scientific ideas and makes them accessible without diluting their significance. Born uses simple language, everyday examples, and only high school algebra, making it a welcoming read for anyone intrigued by the workings of the universe.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.