Space, Time, and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory Paperback – 2 Sept. 2009

Superb. Eddington at his best. Great for the relativity dilettante.

This may have been published a long time ago, but the presentation is excellent. It does not have the images which are now possible with computer graphics, but it presents the concepts in a structured and logical manner. I wish I had known about this book fifty years ago. It would have helped with my studies then - but I can carry them out now. Better late than never!

This is a highly recommended, second book to be read right after Lieber's "The Einstein Theory of Relativity".Written by a master who takes you through the theory, step by step and with an illuminating explanatory power.See my complete review in the comments about "The Principle of Relativity" (Einstein, Lorentz, Weyl, Minkowski).

Ottimo testo, con un'interessante descrizione della geometria dello spazio-tempo attraverso intuitivi schemi grafici e diagrammi. E' un libro essenzialmente divulgativo, una base scientifica superiore lo rende leggibile, anche se per la piena comprensione di alcuni passaggi è necessario andare altrove a cercare chiarimenti.

Could not read it. A photocopied document. Boring.

Classic

This is a highly recommended, second book to be read right after Lieber's "The Einstein Theory of Relativity".Written by a master who takes you through the theory, step by step and with an illuminating explanatory power.See my complete review in the comments about "The Principle of Relativity" (Einstein, Lorentz, Weyl, Minkowski).

"However successful the theory of a four-dimensional world may be, it is difficult to ignore a voice inside us which whispers 'At the back of your mind, you know that a fourth dimension is all nonsense.' I fancy that that voice must often have had a busy time in the past history of physics. What nonsense to say that this solid table on which I am writing is a collection of electrons moving with prodigious speeds in empty spaces, which relatively to electronic dimensions are as wide as the spaces between the planets in the solar system! What nonsense to say that the thin air is trying to crush my body with a load of 14 lbs. to the square inch! What nonsense that the star-cluster, which I see through the telescope obviously there now, is a glimpse into a past age 50,000 years ago! Let us not be beguiled by this voice. It is discredited."