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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

时间并非对每个人都一样。一列长长的火车在行驶。两道闪电劈在铁轨上,一道在车头,一道在车尾。一个留在铁轨旁的人,与两道闪电距离相等,看见它们在同一瞬间落下。

The world of the book

关于光速的谜。两百年来,物理学一直追随英国学者艾萨克·牛顿:时间对每个人都以同样的方式流逝。但在19世纪末,一些测量让学者们困惑:无论地球怎样运动,光总是以同样的速度前进,约为每秒30万公里。

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