The class makes extensive use of this book. It is readable and fun. I strongly recommend it.
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Relativity
Readings
Before listing some of my favorite books related to relativity, let me emphasize that they are not required for the class. Depending on your background, interests, and inclinations, they can be useful supplements.
Edwin Taylor and John Wheeler,
Spacetime
Physics, W.H. Freeman & Co. (ISBN: 0716723271)
The class makes extensive use of this book. It is readable and fun.
I strongly recommend it.
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Albert Einstein,
Relativity,
Crown Publishers (ISBN: 0517884410)
Relativity explained by its author.
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Einstein, et al.,
The
Principle of Relativity, Dover Publications (ISBN: 0486600815)
This book is an anthology of the early papers on relativity by its
originators (Einstein, Lorentz, Minkowski, and Weyl).
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Stephen Hawking,
A
Brief History of Time, Bantam Books (ISBN: 0553380168)
A bestseller that gives a good overview of some of the advanced topics.
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Kip Thorne,
Black
Holes and Time Warps, W. W. Norton (ISBN: 0393312763)
A wide-ranging book that covers everything you want to know about black
holes and other exotica of General Relativity.
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Edwin A. Abbott,
Flatland,
Dover (ISBN: 048627263X)
An amusing introduction to multi-dimensional space. Helpful in
understanding
spacetime.
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This book is available as e-text at Project
Gutenberg.
George Gamow,
Mr
Tompkins in Paperback, Cambridge (ISBN: 0521447712)
Brings relativity and quantum mechanics into the realm of everyday
experience through the adventures of Mr. Tompkins, a British bank
clerk.
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Madeleine L'Engle,
A
Wrinkle in Time, Farrar Straus & Giroux (ISBN: 0374386137)
This was published as a children's story, but is a delightful tale of
space and time with appeal for readers of all ages.
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Also available in paperback.
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