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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

時間並非對每個人都一樣。一列長長的火車在行駛。兩道閃電劈在鐵軌上,一道在車頭,一道在車尾。一個留在鐵軌旁的人,與兩道閃電距離相等,看見它們在同一瞬間落下。

The world of the book

關於光速的謎。兩百年來,物理學一直追隨英國學者艾薩克·牛頓:時間對每個人都以同樣的方式流逝。但在19世紀末,一些測量讓學者們困惑:無論地球怎樣運動,光總是以同樣的速度前進,約為每秒30萬公里。

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