In this thought-provoking book, written for the layman, a noted physicist offers a fresh,
nonmathematical introduction to the conceptual foundations of both Newton's and Einstein's …

In'The Principle of Relativity,'readers are presented with a spectacular array of scientific
essays that tackle the intricate and fascinating theories of relativity, as laid out by Albert …

A deeply appreciative of the opportunity to deliver this year's--Joseph Henry lecture1. As a
Princetonian I am particularly grateful, for although the Philosophical Society of Washington …

To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae
Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Stephen Hawking and Werner Israel assembled a series of …

In this paper I will argue for the following three theses: 1. The concepts of parallel
displacement in Riemannian geometry and of a non-metrical affine connection were …

A straightforward, enjoyable guide to the mathematics of Einstein's relativity To really
understand Einstein's theory of relativity–one of the cornerstones of modern physics–you …

A book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms
comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born is …

An essential resource for learning about general relativity and much more, from four leading
experts Important and useful to every student of relativity, this book is a unique collection of …

Time magazine's" Man of the Century", Albert Einstein is the founder of modern physics and
his theory of relativity is the most important scientific idea of the modern era. In this short …

Einstein's general theory of relativity--currently our best theory of gravity--is important not
only to specialists, but to a much wider group of physicists. This short textbook on general …