Relativity - A Graphic Guide

RELATIVITY

A GRAPHIC GUIDE
Bruce Bassett & Ralph Edney
PUBLICATION DATE:
19 FEBRUARY 2009
£6.99 ● Paperback ● ISBN 978-1-84831-057-5
'A very attractive illustrated guide.

They touch on a remarkable amount of material… a highly entertaining book.'
New Scientist


What exactly did Einstein mean by E=mc2?
How is a black hole formed?
These questions and many more are answered in this thrilling visual guide to the thought experiments that revolutionised contemporary physics. Almost a century since Einstein's Theory of Relativity drastically altered our view of universe, this superlative account plots the course from its development to its legacy today.

From the accelerating universe and black holes to gravitational waves and string theory, this visual guide packs everything you ever wanted to know about relativity into an easy to understand and pocket-sized format.
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Bruce Bassett is a cosmologist and lecturer at the University of Cape town and the South African Astronomical Observatory. Ralph Edney trained as a mathematician, and has worked as a teacher, journalist, illustrator and political cartoonist. He has illustrated a number of Introducing titles.