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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

시간은 모두에게 같지 않다. 긴 기차가 달린다. 선로에 번개가 두 번 내리친다. 하나는 앞에, 하나는 뒤에. 선로 옆에 서 있던 남자는 두 번개에서 똑같은 거리에 있어서, 두 번개가 같은 순간에 떨어지는 것을 본다.

The world of the book

빛의 속도를 둘러싼 수수께끼. 두 세기 동안 물리학은 영국의 학자 아이작 뉴턴을 따라왔다. 시간은 모두에게 똑같이 흐른다는 것이다. 그러나 19세기 말, 어떤 측정 결과가 학자들을 당혹시킨다. 지구가 어떻게 움직이든 빛은 언제나 같은 속도, 초속 약 30만 킬로미터로 나아간다는 것이다.

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