| Title | : | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Roger Penrose & Albert Einstein |
| Release | : | 2005-04-05 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Physics, Books, Science & Nature, Science History |
| Size | : | 707547 |
| Robert Geroch builds on Einstein's work with commentary that addresses the ideas at the heart of the theory, bringing a modern understanding of relativity to the text. He elucidates how special relativity is a reconciliation of the contradictions between the nature of light and the principle of relativity; he expands on Einstein's treatment of the geometry of space-time and the fundamental notion of an "event"; he explains in detail, but without technical language, the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, a cornerstone of general relativity. |
