Relativity - The Special and General Theory
Relativity - The Special and General Theory
Einstein’s theory of relativity transformed the world of physics and the world as we know it. Now you can discover the theory from Einstein himself and see his thought in action.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Stars Harder than it needs to be
This Dodo Press edition is riddled with annoying typos — even in some equations and variable names. In addition the section numbers referred to in the text are only found in the table of contents, making navigation cumbersome.
A classic like this deserves better. Look for another edition.
5 Stars Clear, concise, brilliant
You know, Albert Einstein was a genius.
I mean, he would have been a genius without ever communicating a single thought clearly to any other human being. But this book makes him, like, genius squared.
The first part of this book covers special relativity. It’s about 62 pages. I’ve never read anything like it. I’m not exaggerating when I say special relativity is a difficult topic. Einstein’s presentation is clearer than I would ever have thought possible, concise but never rushed.
Some pages may require many readings. But everything you need is there on the page.
I would appreciate a looser translation; in a few places Lawson’s translation reads to me like German with English words. Nonetheless: 5 stars. One of the most enlightening science books you’ll ever read.
1 Stars Something Important Is Missing.
This version does not have any diagrams, only refs to nonexistant GIF image files.
This is involved stuff here, a reader needs the illistrations.
Please explore the other versions even if they cost more. Without the formula images this is just about unreadable.
1 Stars This is a HORRIBLE Kindle Version
This was my first bad experience with the Kindle. Had I picked this book up at a store, I would’ve flipped through the pages and realized that it was poorly formated. There are carriage returns at all the wrong places, it’s nearly impossible to read. I wish I’d paid a few bucks more and gotten one of the other versions.
If you’re a kindle owner - go elsewhere.
1 Stars Bah!
No, Einstein’s Relativity IS amazingly brilliant and eloquent, I assure you of this. My review, although, is a buyer beware scenario. I ordered this exact copy of the text and the one that arrived had all sorts of horrendous typos. One? Two? No, more like…a ton. In an example of this, the ‘aether’ where the character ‘ae’ is a single one, somehow in the process of printing it, the character got repaced by a space and question mark! So when Einstein talks about the ‘process by which the? ther happens…’ or some such example, I translate it as ‘bad’ and not ‘aether’.
By all means, buy Einstein’s copy of Relativity, but please be cautious when ordering from this particular publisher. I’m unaware of whether or not this problem is widespread, but to those who get the one with the maddening typos riddled all over it, just bear through it and appreciate Einstein’s eloquence and not the translator or publisher’s, in my own personal opinion, bad spellchecking.
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