Simply Einstein

Relativity Demystified

By: Richard Wolfson

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Paperback | 1 November 2003 | Edition Number 1

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With this reader-friendly book, it doesn't take an Einstein to understand the theory of relativity and its remarkable consequences. In clear, understandable terms, physicist Richard Wolfson explores the ideas at the heart of relativity and shows how they lead to such seeming absurdities as time travel, curved space, black holes, and new meaning for the idea of past and future. Drawing from years of teaching modern physics to nonscientists, Wolfson explains in a lively, conversational style the simple principles underlying Einstein's theory. Relativity, Wolfson shows, gave us a new view of space and time, opening the door to questions about their flexible nature: Is the universe finite or infinite? Will it expand forever or eventually collapse in a "big crunch"? Is time travel possible? What goes on inside a black hole? How does gravity really work? These questions at the forefront of twenty-first-century physics are all rooted in the profound and sweeping vision of Albert Einstein's early twentieth-century theory. Wolfson leads his readers on an intellectual journey that culminates in a universe made almost unimaginably rich by the principles that Einstein first discovered. 48 b/w illustrations.

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"In a clear style, [Wolfson] spreads before his readers the historical and conceptual background of [relativity] theory, emphasizing its simplicity at every opportunity. He also offers beautifully clear explanations of such classic puzzles as the Twin Paradox. A strong overview for the lay reader." -- Library Journal
"Wolfson leads the reader gently and irresistibly down the logical path that Einstein followed to arrive at his theories." -- Washington Post Book World

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Preface	p. ix
The Self-Creating Universe and Other Absurdities	p. 3
Tennis, Tea, and Time Travel	p. 11
Moving Heaven and Earth	p. 18
Let There Be Light	p. 36
Ether Dreams	p. 55
Crisis in Physics	p. 68
Einstein to the Rescue	p. 78
Stretching Time	p. 86
Star Trips and Squeezed Space	p. 109
The Same Time?	p. 127
Past, Present, Future, and ... Elsewhere	p. 139
Faster than Light?	p. 149
Is Everything Relative?	p. 164
A Problem of Gravity	p. 174
Into the Black Hole	p. 203
Einstein's Universe	p. 229
Time Dilation	p. 241
Glossary	p. 245
Further Readings	p. 253
Index	p. 257
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