What Is Relativity? - by L D Landau & G B Rumer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Written by a Nobel Prize physicist and his colleague, this compelling book uses familiar objects (trains, rulers, clocks) to illuminate the more subtle aspects of relativity. 23 illustrations. 1959 edition.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"An excellent introduction to complicated but fascinating subject." -- <i>Booklist.<br></i>This compelling book offers readers with no technical expertise beyond arithmetic an enlightening tour of the paradoxes inherent in the special theory of relativity, guided by a pair of eminent theoretical physicists.<br>Novel Prize physicist L. D. Landau and his distinguished colleague G. B. Rumer, employ a simple and straightforward manner to illuminate relativity theory's more subtle and elusive aspects. Using such familiar objects as trains, rulers, and clocks, the authors explain the reasoning behind seemingly self-contradictory ideas in which the relative seems absolute, but the absolute proves to be relative. A series of playful cartoons highlights the authors' witty observations on the laws governing inertia, the speed of light, the relationship of work and mass, and other relativistic concepts.<br>"The exposition is masterful . . . a superb book." -- <i>New York Times Book Review.</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An excellent introduction to a complicated but fascinating subject."<br><br>"The exposition is masterful...a superb book."<br><br>"Warmly recommended to any layman who wishes to get some idea of the physical content of the special theory of relativity."<br>
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