About the Book: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
Along with quantum mechanics in the 1920s, Einsteins Special Theory of
Relativity (1905) and General Theory of Relativity (1916) stand as the supreme
achievements of twentieth-century physics.
In simplest terms, the theory of Relativity is an approach to the measurement
and study of space and time. The theory assumes that findings are based upon the
relation of the frame of reference to the objects measured. The Special Theory
of Relativity is primarily concerned with electric and magnetic phenomena. The
General Theory focuses on gravity—not as a force as Newton postulated—but as a
curved field in the space-time continuum,