“The
presentation of Einstein’s discoveries
is little short of inspired.” Washington
Post
“After
Introducing Einstein I think I really do understand
relativity.” Don Paterson, Guardian
Amusing,
irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible,
Introducing Einstein has become established
internationally as one of the best introductions
to Einstein’s life and thought.
Reaching
back as far as Babylon (for the origins of
mathematics) and the Etruscans (who thought
they could handle lightning), this book takes
us through the revolutions in electrical communications
and technology that made the theory of relativity
possible. In the process, we encounter the
scientific luminaries and personalities of
imperial Germany, as well as Galileo, Faraday
and Newton. We learn why moving clocks run
slower than stationary ones, and why nothing
can go faster than the speed of light, and
we follow Einstein’s thought as he works
his way towards E=mc2, the most famous equation
of the 20th century.
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Joseph
Schwartz taught physics for many years at
the City University of New York. He now lives
in London.
Michael
McGuiness is an acclaimed artist and illustrator
and a former art editor of the Readers’
Digest and the Sunday Times. His illustrations
appear regularly throughout the media, including
the New Statesman.
