Theory of Relativity

Theory of Relativity From the Big Bang to punctual trains

Karel Van Acoleyen

120 x 180 | ca. 96 pages ca. 20,000 words | paperback all rights available The famous theory of Albert Einstein in a nutshell Easily digestible science in pocket-size format Written by experts in their fields

'Time flies when you’re with a nice girl, but it doesn’t when you are sitting on a hot stove. That is relativity.’ This is how Einstein explained the idea. But is it that simple? Why is the theory of relativity critical in mathematics? And did you know that there are two theories of relativity?

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Karel Van Acoleyen is a theoretical physicist, researcher and teacher at Ghent University. He researches quantum physics, high-energy physics, gravity and cosmology.

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