Relativity: A Very Short Introduction pdf

罗素·斯坦纳德（Russell Stannard）是一位退休的高能粒子物理学家，1931 年 12 月 24 日出生于英国伦敦。他目前担任英国开放大学物理学名誉教授。 1986 年，他因“对精神价值领域的重大贡献； 尤其是对更好地理解科学和宗教的贡献”。 他因“对物理学、开放大学和科学普及的贡献”而被授予 OBE（1998 年），并因“对物理学教学的杰出贡献”而获得布拉格奖章和物理研究所奖（1999 年）。

Relativity: A Very Short Introduction pdf 拉塞尔·斯坦纳德

If you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier. Travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be flattened thinner than a CD without feeling a thing-and live forever! As for the angles of a triangle, they do not always have to add up to 180 degrees. And then, of course, there are black holes. These are but a few of the extraordinary consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity. It is now over a hundred years since he made these discoveries, and yet the general public is still largely unaware of them. Filled with illuminating anecdotes and fascinating accounts of experiments, this book aims to introduce the interested lay person to the subject of relativity in a way which is accessible and engaging and at the same time scientifically rigorous. With relatively few mathematical equations--nothing more complicated than the Pythagoras's Theorem--this VSI packs a lot time into very little space, and for anyone who has felt intimidated by Einstein's groundbreaking theory, it offers the perfect place to start.