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how technical is Einstein's book on relativity?
Alan Dillard wrote: Looking for opinions from anyone who has read The Meaning of Relativity. I collect books in fine bindings for my home library and found a very nice copy of The Meaning of Relativity on eBay below, but was wondering if a non-scientist would find it interesting. Or is it a bit too technical? If it's an interesting read, I think I'll bid on it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170057950676 There is nothing technical about the exotic 1905 concept,it amounts to being an expansion or rather the conclusion of Newton's celestial sphere concepts while basing it on the 1898 fictional novel by H.G. Wells ,the sci-fi classic -'The Time Machine' - "Really this is what is meant by the Fourth Dimension, though some people who talk about the Fourth Dimension do not know they mean it. It is only another way of looking at Time. There is no difference between time and any of the three dimensions of space except that our consciousness moves along it. But some foolish people have got hold of the wrong side of that idea. " http://www.bartleby.com/1000/1.html You only have to remember that the excerpt above could be found in any science fiction section of a bookstore in 1898 while Albert's version appeared half a decade later.I like relativity because it finally brought to the surface the celestial sphere core lurking at the center of Newton's work,if you want to know what this means graphically,let me show you whgere they are getting 'warped space' - http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy...phere_anim.gif 'Understanding' relativity is a poisoned chalice,just go to sci.physics.relativity to see what happens to people when they get caught up in wordplays by using the celestial arena as a backdrop. |
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how technical is Einstein's book on relativity?
oriel36 wrote: Alan Dillard wrote: Looking for opinions from anyone who has read The Meaning of Relativity. I collect books in fine bindings for my home library and found a very nice copy of The Meaning of Relativity on eBay below, but was wondering if a non-scientist would find it interesting. Or is it a bit too technical? If it's an interesting read, I think I'll bid on it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170057950676 There is nothing technical about the exotic 1905 concept,it amounts to being an expansion or rather the conclusion of Newton's celestial sphere concepts while basing it on the 1898 fictional novel by H.G. Wells ,the sci-fi classic -'The Time Machine' - "Really this is what is meant by the Fourth Dimension, though some people who talk about the Fourth Dimension do not know they mean it. It is only another way of looking at Time. There is no difference between time and any of the three dimensions of space except that our consciousness moves along it. But some foolish people have got hold of the wrong side of that idea. " http://www.bartleby.com/1000/1.html You only have to remember that the excerpt above could be found in any science fiction section of a bookstore in 1898 while Albert's version appeared half a decade later.I like relativity because it finally brought to the surface the celestial sphere core lurking at the center of Newton's work,if you want to know what this means graphically,let me show you whgere they are getting 'warped space' - http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy...phere_anim.gif 'Understanding' relativity is a poisoned chalice,just go to sci.physics.relativity to see what happens to people when they get caught up in wordplays by using the celestial arena as a backdrop. And @ 65,000 Kperrrrrhowmanyvectorswasthatagain.. here is another insight: http://hometown.aol.com/astroequation/mathone.htm |
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how technical is Einstein's book on relativity?
Looking for opinions from anyone who has read The Meaning of Relativity. I
collect books in fine bindings for my home library and found a very nice copy of The Meaning of Relativity on eBay below, but was wondering if a non-scientist would find it interesting. Or is it a bit too technical? If it's an interesting read, I think I'll bid on it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170057950676 |
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how technical is Einstein's book on relativity?
In message , Alan Dillard
writes Looking for opinions from anyone who has read The Meaning of Relativity. I collect books in fine bindings for my home library and found a very nice copy of The Meaning of Relativity on eBay below, but was wondering if a non-scientist would find it interesting. Or is it a bit too technical? If it's an interesting read, I think I'll bid on it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170057950676 Go for it. :-) You probably don't need me reminding you to look at Abebooks or similar to judge how high you should go. Your post has generated a remarkable amount of BS! |
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how technical is Einstein's book on relativity?
You-know-who is in my killfile so I miss all the fun. But I was starting to
resent the waste of electrons. "Jonathan Silverlight" wrote in message ... In message , Alan Dillard writes Looking for opinions from anyone who has read The Meaning of Relativity. I collect books in fine bindings for my home library and found a very nice copy of The Meaning of Relativity on eBay below, but was wondering if a non-scientist would find it interesting. Or is it a bit too technical? If it's an interesting read, I think I'll bid on it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170057950676 Go for it. :-) You probably don't need me reminding you to look at Abebooks or similar to judge how high you should go. Your post has generated a remarkable amount of BS! |
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how technical is Einstein's book on relativity?
A condensed unified presentation intended for one who has already gone
through a standard text and digested the mechanics of tensor theory and the physical basis of relativity. Einstein's little book then serves as an excellent tying-together of loose ends and as a broad survey of the subject. I'd say it was fairly technical and not ideal for those unfamiliar with tensor mathematics. |
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