Relativity
theory
has become one of the icons of Twentieth Century science. It's reckoned
to be a difficult subject, taught as a layered series of increasingly
difficult mathematics and increasingly abstract concepts. We're told
that relativity theory is supposed
to
be this complicated and counter-intuitive.
But how much of this historical complexity is really necessary? Is it
possible to bypass the interpretations and paradoxes and
pseudoparadoxes of Einstein's special theory and jump directly to a
deeper and more intuitive description of reality?
“Relativity...”
takes us on a
whistlestop tour of Twentieth Century physics – from black
holes,
quantum mechanics, wormholes and the Big Bang to the workings of the
human mind, and asks: what would physics look like without special
relativity?
394
printed pages, paperback, 234×156mm,
~200
figures and
illustrations,
includes bibliography and
index, price GBP
10-00, USD 15-00
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