Product Description

Edwin Taylor and John A. Wheeler-one of this century's most distinguished physicists - have completely reorganised this popular and well known book to make it accessible to an even wider audience. New topics, imaginative problems, and exceptionally clever illustrations, combined with a compelling narrative and intellectual authority make this a classic text. It is an ideal text for undergraduate courses in special relativity and modern physics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #340358 in Books
• Published on: 1992-06-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

The best introduction to Special Relativity
This is not an advanced text, and it does not use either tensors or manifolds. It is simply a great presentation of special relativity concepts, with many examples, exercises and points of view. Its approach is not based on a complicated mathematical background. With figures and excelent explanations by Wheeler (co-author of the bible of relativity: "Gravitation"). The prerequisites are elementary calculus and physical intuition. I also recommend "Exploring Black Holes" by the same authors, which treats with the general theory of relativity and it can be considered as a continuation of "SpaceTime physics".

Brilliant!. Would help anyone studying relativity.
This book is the best I have read on special relativity. It is brilliantly written and is a really interesting read. Unlike many other books I have read on the subject this book made everything really clear and easy, and with lots of examples and practise questions you really do master the foundations of special relativity!. The book also focuses on giving the reader a deep knowledge of the theory not just telling you how to answer questions therefore giving you a wonderful insight to the way the world works! This book is unmissable if you want a deep understanding and appreciation of the special theory of relativity!.

Great introduction to relativity
This is a fantastic book mainly aimed at the more popular science reader, it does explain the concepts in a clear and concise manner with some superb illustrations which really aid with your understanding. This is a great place to start, however if you are an undergraduate in theoretical physics or doing a relativity module in 2nd or 3rd year physics degree i doubt this will be enough, especially on the mathematical content. All in all i think this book explains a great deal to the intended Audience. Great book