How better to learn the Special Theory of Relativity and the General
Theory of Relativity than directly from their creator, Albert Einstein
himself? In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein
describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with
numerous examples and a smattering of math. This book is not a casual
reading, but for those who appreciate his work without diving into the
arcana of theoretical physics, it will prove a stimulating read. "The
present book is intended," Einstein wrote in 1916, "as far as possible,
to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers
who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are
interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the
mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics."