Relativity and Common Sense: A New Approach to Einstein

Thisradically reoriented and popularpresentation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity derives its conceptsfrom Newtonian ideas rather than by opposing them.Sir Hermann Bondi explains the concepts of force, momentum, rotation, sound, and light and their relationtovelocity. He then demonstrates that time is relative rather than absolute, that high speeds affect the nature of time, and that acceleration affects speed, time, and mass. Very little mathematics is required, and60 illustrationsaugment the text.