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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

Timpul nu e la fel pentru toți. Un tren lung merge. Două fulgere lovesc calea ferată, unul în față, altul în spate. Un om rămas lângă linie, la aceeași distanță de cele două fulgere, le vede căzând în același moment.

The world of the book

O enigmă despre viteza luminii. De două secole, fizica îl urmează pe savantul englez Isaac Newton: timpul trece la fel pentru toată lumea. Dar la sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea, unele măsurători îi tulbură pe savanți…

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