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Article #8406Re: Stupid relativity question
From: jim sullivan
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 14:55
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 14:55
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In article <567@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> me85mda@cc.brunel.ac.uk (M D Ayton) writes: >May I recommend an excellent book for the (intelligent) layman on this >subject? It is > > "A brief history of time" by Stephen W. Hawking > >He is the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Oxford (I think) and the >book is very clear; giving the most lucid and intelligible explanation >of relativity and general relatvity that I have ever read - and not an >equation in sight. > >Martin. May I recommend a book I found to be better in content and clearity? It is "Einstein's Universe" by Nigel Calder While reading Hawkings book, I was confused not by the subject but the style with which it was written. Many parts were clear but others were down right confusing if not contradictory. I found myself picking up Calder's book to help explain just what Hawking was talking about. Calder's book also is for the layman with no equations and much less talk about God. Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!jim From: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Stupid relativity question Message-ID: <898@nih-csl.UUCP> Date: 27 Jan 89 14:55:23 GMT References: <890117102330.0000012E0B2@grouch.JPL.NASA.GOV> <6219@cadnetix.COM> <567@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Reply-To: jim@nih-csl.UUCP (jim sullivan) Organization: NIH-CSL, Bethesda, MD Lines: 26