Relativity: The Special And The General Theory (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

Very smart historical book to have in your bookcase only one drawback is it's a bit thin.

Just as expected

Hey, Albert. It's all great in this book of yours, relatively speaking.

Be warned that this book expects university level mathematics before reading. It's a great book that definitely shows Einsteins thought process about how things worked. There are certainly over complexities arising from him trying to be as simple as possible, eg, first 3 chapters are basically describing how he constructs each axis on a cartesian Co ordinate system for use in euclidean geometry. Perhaps then, it needs to be broken down, nowadays we could just say "were going to use a cartesian Co ordinate system and assume space has euclidean geometry" - first3 chapters summarised.If you like being pedantic about this sort of detail then it's pretty good. Just spelling errors and grammar are unsatisfactory.

The media could not be loaded. Perfect book, and very clean and as new

I bought this book as a christmas present for my twelve year old nephew and he loves it. He's a big science fan.

I was disappointed in the contents of this internationally-famous book written by one of the most famous people ever to have lived. I expected sharp, well-stated, arguments to support his proposed theories of relativity. I found, instead, a sketchy set of arguments written in a pompous, self-righteous style. Not only that, but I found the majority of his arguments to be poorly constructed and, in many cases, unacceptable. His problem is that—being a genius—he frequently expects his readership to accept his opinion without support. In general terms, his book is written in an early 20th Century style. He suffers from having the modern range of practical engineering and scientific technology upon which to base his logic. Frankly, if this book had been published in the early 21st Century, it could not have been accepted by any educated reader. Einstein's theories of relativity have, as mathematical operators, been so successful that science automatically assumes the foundations of his theories must have been sound. Having read his book, I no longer believe that to be the case.

OK overallMany spelling mistakes and misprints mean you cannot dechipher the equations