Relativity

by John Marks

From the Open Library Science series, this book discusses the work of Einstein in a non-mathematical way and presents his ideas in the context of earlier and later work on the nature of the physical world.

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Dan Cohen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather odd introduction to relativity theory, avoiding practically all mathematical notation but making extensive use of graphs. I liked that the author took the time to explain the use of the term relativity in physics before Einstein and hence grounded the exposition in an appropriate context. I was less convinced by one or two of the arguments and found some of the choices of how to explain things or which units to use for some of the graphs rather baffling. The book also does not attempt to explain any of the paradoxes and hence was particularly unhelpful for me personally. However, the graphical approach is different from other expositions I've read and so the book was worth me reading it.