Relativity Visualized

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Summary: Life is Beautiful!
Review: Science is leading us slowly home again to the spiritual life Newton unceremoniously ended. This book can be a stepping stone to a powerful spiritual experience that will soon be sweeping over the world. When you see and understand that the concepts in this book are as real as stubbing your toe, you will begin to see that the world is indeed much more mysterious than you had ever imagined. I mean that! You will never be the same, and it's not for nerds, it's easy! Take the plunge...

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Summary: By far the best book on the basics of relativity.
Review: Simply put, this is the best book on relativity (special and general) currently available. Anybody can read it: shoe salesmen, physics students, whatever. It includes a very small number of elementary equations (on the scale of things like distance = velocity times time) and yet manages to convey the essence of the general theory of relativity to the reader. It certainly dispels the aura of mystery around this quite simple theory and when you have finished reading this slim book you'll be able to effectively argue with advanced physics students (hey, I'm an advanced physics student and, believe me, you know _alot_ after reading this!). Too bad Mr. Epstein hasn't also written such a book on Quantum Mechanics or Field Theory, where the inaccessibility of the texts for most people is legendary. Thus, in short: buy this book, you'll love it.

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Summary: Fabulous
Review: This book is a clear example of how tough physics concepts can be taught without the nasty equations coming in the way. Epstien's lucid style of writing with 'gedanken' excercises after each section makes you understand relativity a whole lot better. I would love to recommend this book to anyone who needs to understand relativity. I wish Epstein would write a similar book for quantum mechanics.

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Summary: An excellent explanation of the Law of Relativity
Review: This book is an excellent addition to the library of anyone interested in the Law of Relativity. It is a "must read" for beginning physics students who are still trying to conceptualize the principles of physics.

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Summary: A first-class book
Review: This book was a revelation when I read it; I didn't think physics books could be this clear! By replacing equations with diagrams, this book allows non-specialist readers to fully understand the concepts in relativity without the slow, painful progress so often associated with this sort of book. If you want just one book on relativity, that will allow you not only to know how relativity works, but to intuitively understand it, then this is definitely the book for you. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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Summary: A first-class book
Review: This book was a revelation when I read it; I didn't think physics books could be this clear! By replacing equations with diagrams, this book allows non-specialist readers to fully understand the concepts in relativity without the slow, painful progress so often associated with this sort of book. If you want just one book on relativity, that will allow you not only to know how relativity works, but to intuitively understand it, then this is definitely the book for you. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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Summary: Physicists/Physics Majors Beware, There's No Math!
Review: This is an excellent book however it is written mainly for the popular reader, ie: it's all concepts in english, rather than in math. Of course this is what Epstein intended and he has done as good a job as I see possible with this subject.

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Summary: The best relativity book I've ever read!!!!!!!!
Review: What should I say about this book? All of the viewers had said it everything about this GOOD book. ALL I have to say is if you're interested in RELATIVITY, you MUST buy this book. It's WORTH it. I would like to use this opportunity to ask EPSTEIN to WRITE more books about PHYSICS because I love to read ALL of your physics' books. YOur writing is so easy to understand and CONSISTENCE too. PLEASE WRITE MORE BOOKS. Thank you!

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Summary: The best relativity book I've ever read!!!!!!!!
Review: What should I say about this book? All of the viewers had said it everything about this GOOD book. ALL I have to say is if you're interested in RELATIVITY, you MUST buy this book. It's WORTH it. I would like to use this opportunity to ask EPSTEIN to WRITE more books about PHYSICS because I love to read ALL of your physics' books. YOur writing is so easy to understand and CONSISTENCE too. PLEASE WRITE MORE BOOKS. Thank you!