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Einstein Relatively Simple: Our Universe Revealed In Everyday Language Illustrated Edition, Kindle Edition

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'Outstanding Academic Title for 2014' by CHOICEEinstein Relatively Simple brings together for the first time an exceptionally clear explanation of both special and general relativity. It is for people who always wanted to understand Einstein's ideas but never thought they could.Told with humor, enthusiasm, and rare clarity, this entertaining book reveals how a former high school drop-out revolutionized our understanding of space and time. From E=mc2 and everyday time travel to black holes and the big bang, Einstein Relatively Simple takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on a mind-boggling journey through the depths of Einstein's universe. Along the way, we track Einstein through the perils and triumphs of his life — follow his thinking, his logic, and his insights — and chronicle the audacity, imagination, and sheer genius of the man recognized as the greatest scientist of the modern era.In Part I on special relativity we learn how time slows and space shrinks with motion, and how mass and energy are equivalent. Part II on general relativity reveals a cosmos where black holes trap light and stop time, where wormholes form gravitational time machines, where space itself is continually expanding, and where some 13.7 billion years ago our universe was born in the ultimate cosmic event — the Big Bang.

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January 6, 2014
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"This general relativity theory changed our views on the origin and on the ending (if any) of the universe … all topics that tickle the imagination of a general public and Egdall, bringing the reader to the point beyond general relativity, does not miss the opportunity to end his guided tour with a sparkling firework of these issues … it is an entertaining introduction for the layman, that brings the reader a very long way." -- The European Mathematical Society

"He covers the main topics of special and general relativity in a refreshing, personal way. This is a well-crafted, well-documented text with extensive endnotes, in which a bibliography is embedded. He introduces readers to his own unique entry into this very populous genre. Valuable for inquisitive nonscientists." -- CHOICE

"I'm crazy about it. It's the best presentation of relativity for non-scientists that I've seen." -- Art Hobson, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Arkansas

"The writing is jovial and energetic and holds the reader's attention. This book is a nice introduction to modern physics, with a great biography of Einstein included. This book is recommended for a lay reader with basic algebra skills; high school and beginning college physics students would find it easily accessible." -- Zentralblatt MATH

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Einstein Relatively Simple brings together for the first time an exceptionally clear explanation of both special and general relativity. It is for people who always wanted to understand Einstein's ideas but never thought they could.

Told with humor, enthusiasm, and rare clarity, this entertaining book reveals how a former high school drop-out revolutionized our understanding of space and time. From E=mc2 and everyday time travel to black holes and the big bang, Einstein Relatively Simple takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on a mind-boggling journey through the depths of Einstein's universe. Along the way, we track Einstein through the perils and triumphs of his life follow his thinking, his logic, and his insights and chronicle the audacity, imagination, and sheer genius of the man recognized as the greatest scientist of the modern era.

In Part I on special relativity we learn how time slows and space shrinks with motion, and how mass and energy are equivalent. Part II on general relativity reveals a cosmos where black holes trap light and stop time, where wormholes form gravitational time machines, where space itself is continually expanding, and where some 13.7 billion years ago our universe was born in the ultimate cosmic event the Big Bang.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HY805IS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ World Scientific; Illustrated edition (January 6, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6146 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages

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Ira Mark Egdall is the author of Einstein Relatively Simple: Our Universe Revealed in Everyday Language, and the eBook Unsung Heroes of the Universe. He was a popular science writer for DecodedScience.com.

He is a retired aerospace program manager with an undergraduate degree in physics from Northeastern University. Mark now teaches lay courses in modern physics at Lifelong Learning Institutes at Florida International University, the University of Miami, and Nova Southeastern University. He also gives entertaining talks on Einstein and time travel.

Mark has been working on his second book, Cosmic Roots hoping for a release this summer.

When not thinking about physics, Mark spends his time playing with his grandchildren and driving his wife of 50 plus years crazy.

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Darold Rorabacher

This is a great book!

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2014

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This is a great book! When I heard that the book was intended to explain relativity to lay people, I thought it sounded very challenging. When I read that the author intended to do it without the use of mathematics, I thought it sounded impossible. Perhaps I have the prejudice of a mathematician, but explaining physics without equations sounded like running the marathon without legs. But I think he has succeeded. It's a miracle! (Although a few equations are briefly mentioned.)

Egdall's writing style is excellent. It is casual and often humorous. He explains complex concepts with a patience and clarity which I find admirable. I have to admit that some of these concepts were not new to me. (I have never taken a course in relativity, but you can't live in an MIT fraternity and not get into discussions about it.) But, having read this book, I feel like I have a much sounder understanding of those concepts and my knowledge has expanded to new concepts. The book has taught me a great deal! Egdall not only makes his points clearly, but he does it with a great deal of rigor which is much appreciated by us technical weenies.

Another thing, I really appreciate his putting things in historical context. I greatly enjoyed the tracking of Einstein through the perils and triumphs of his life. It seems to me a pity that academic courses in science and math seldom mention the history of what is being taught. This book has shown that learning the history helps us to understand the theory.

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Ira Mark Egdall clearly thought hard about the subject matter of his book and how to best present it in an easy straightforward but not too simplistic way, in offering comic relief without getting silly, and superbly succeeded doing so. (I wonder whether the manuscript is based on lecture notes; it could be both, part of a oral lecture/class room presentation as well as an stand-alone monograph. A short lecture/book review by Ira Mark Egdall gave a good indication what an enthusiastic and excellent lecturer Ira Mark Egdall is and how this publication could have started off from lecture notes.)
This book makes a good case that this most interesting subject matter - Special and General Theory of Relativity - with all its ramification could, or even should, be part of the high school (honor) Science curriculum. How many more bright student might then consider a science or engineering carrier.
I am very much looking forward to the next book from Ira Mark Egdall.

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Arthur

Great introduction to relativity

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2014

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I like this book very much. I’m a relativity enthusiast and have most of the ‘popularisations’ in my library and this ranks as among the best. It also has a much more comprehensive treatment of General Relativity than one normally finds in introductory books on relativity which tend to concentrate on Special Relativity.

The style is ‘laid back’ which makes for an easy read but there is no doubting the author’s knowledge of the subject – the extensive notes reveal that he has consulted just about every book available on Einstein. No math is required other than of an elementary nature but for those interested there is a more mathematical treatment of some of the key concepts of relativity in the appendices (but nothing too complicated).

My personal experience is that no one book will get the average person up to speed on relativity – multiple sources need to be consulted for a full understanding of the often very elusive concepts. Having said this, if you are only prepared to invest in one book, then this would probably be my choice.

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Burak Selcuk Soyer

Stop and read first this one.

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017

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This book is really a page-turner. Before attempting any other books detailing, outlining or whatever Einstein's Special and General Relativity, you should stop and pick this one as a gentle introduction to these theories. Its language is clear, enthralling and amusing at times. You can follow the concepts readily. For example, if you read the chapters before "The Warping of Space and Time" and "Stitching Spacetime" you can easily construct a mental picture of what is meant by warping and stitching. What is really good for this book is that it tries to follow the reasoning process of Einstein’s accomplishment of basic concepts of Relativity and the problems he had encountered in his work life. And that was very enjoyable for me to read.

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