RELATIVITY The Special and General Theory Albert Einstein Translated by Robert W. Lawson Introduction by Roger Penrose Commentary by Robert Geroch with a Historical Essay by David C. Cassidy
The present book is intended, 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 mathemat- ical apparatus of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a uni- versity matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of patience and force of will on the part of the reader. The author has spared himself no pains in his endeavour to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of clear- ness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself frequently, without paying the slightest attention to the elegance of the presentation. I adhered scrupu- lously to the precept of that brillia...
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