Relativity: The Special and General Theory
- ISBN-10
- 0131862618
- ISBN-13
- 9780131862616
- Series
- Relativity
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Albert Einstein
Description
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist presents his views on the special and general theory of relativity and the universe as a whole, in an accessible introduction to his seminal theories, written for the non-scientist.
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