Relativity category: 254 books

This book tells the surprising story of Albert Einstein, what he discovered, and how those discoveries enrich our lives everyday. Einstein, the most famous scientist in history, was chosen by Time Magazine as “The Person of the Century.” Indeed, his name has become synonymous with the...

The recently celebrated discovery of the Higgs boson has captivated the public's imagination with the promise that it can explain the origins of everything in the universe. It's no wonder that the media refers to it grandly as the "God particle." Yet behind closed doors, physicists are admitting...

This guide contains the essential facts and concepts of the life of Einstein and his work. It examines his background and the scientific method of the day, and explains his theories in simple terms. Central themes are presented in jargon-free language and key terms are highlighted and explained.

Einstein stated that the universe could not be infinite unless matter became less dense the further you travelled from the centre of the universe, otherwise the gravity from all of the stars would accumulate and create infinite gravity. Einstein therefore believed that it was not possible for the...

Just how real is reality, anyway? Forget everything you thought you knew about reality. The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwards and forwards in time. Waves and particles are one and the same, and objects change their behavior...

The stars are very far away in terms of distances, but Not in terms of the times required to travel the distances. By applying Einstein's proven principle of Time Contraction, the many Earth type worlds orbiting distant stars become readily available for colonization. They are waiting to be claimed,...

An exploration of space and time and a journey of discovery, through 13 of the most fascinating Christmas Lectures given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain over the last 200 years. Started at the Royal Institution (Ri) in 1825 by Michael Faraday, the Christmas Lectures have been broadcast on television...

Feynman Simplified gives mere mortals access to the fabled Feynman Lectures on Physics. Feynman Simplified: 2D covers the final quarter of Volume 2 of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The topics we explore include: Principle of Least Action Tensors in 3-D and 4-D Spacetime Magnetic Materials Diamagnetism...

"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject." --Scientific American In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists...

Physics is a complex and daunting topic, but it is also deeply satisfying--even thrilling. And it is absolutely one you can understand. Absolutely Small develops your intuition for the very nature of things at their most basic and intriguing levels by demystifying the world of quantum science. Just...

This special edition is a distinguished vintage reproduction, of the 1884 satirical novella Flatland, by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott. Meticulously elaborated by the editorial team of Chiron Academic Press in collaboration with the renowned literature publisher Edition l'Aleph (www.l-aleph.com),...

"People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could be unified, or even synthesized, under any common scheme of explanation or analysis; but I also do not understand why the two enterprises should experience any conflict." So states internationally...

More than just a English famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author,Stephen William Hawking was a remarkable individual who show everyone that hope and perseverance can accomplish what seems impossible. When, at age 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was...

The book is an overview of the major subfields and concepts in physics, including a brief outline of the history of physics and its subfields. Physics (from Greek from φυσικός (phusikos): natural, from φύσις (fysis): Nature) is the science of Nature in the broadest sense. Physicists...