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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Albert Einstein

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Paper book: €14.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1917
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
219
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Philosophy
Moods
Think it through, Be enchanted
Translated from
German

Book summary

Albert Einstein himself explains relativity to the general public. To make himself understood, he uses everyday examples: a train running along a platform, two flashes of lightning striking at the same moment, a stone dropped from the window of a railway carriage.

You do not need advanced mathematics to follow him, from the speed of light to the curvature of space. At last you understand why time and space are not what we thought, and it is Einstein himself who explains it.

Written in a clear style, with short chapters, the book is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

時間は、みんなに同じではない。長い列車が走っている。線路に雷が二つ落ちた。一つは前、もう一つは後ろだ。線路のそばに残った男は、二つの雷から等しい距離にいて、同じ瞬間に落ちるのを見る。

The world of the book

光の速さをめぐる謎。二百年のあいだ、物理学はイギリスの学者アイザック・ニュートンに従ってきた。時間は誰にとっても同じように流れる、と。だが19世紀末、ある測定が学者たちを悩ませる。地球がどう動いていても、光はいつも同じ速さで進み、その速さは毎秒およそ30万キロメートルなのだ。

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