The class makes extensive use of this book. It is readable and fun. I strongly recommend it.
Click here
to order.
Relativity Readings
Before listing some of my favorite books related to relativity, let me emphasize that they are not required for the class. Depending on your background, interests, and inclinations, they can be useful supplements.
Edwin Taylor and John Wheeler, Spacetime
Physics, W.H. Freeman & Co. (ISBN: 0716723271)
The class makes extensive use of this book. It is readable and
fun. I strongly recommend it.
Click here
to order.
Albert Einstein, Relativity,
Crown Publishers (ISBN: 0517884410)
Relativity explained by its author.
Click here
to order.
Einstein, et al., The
Principle of Relativity, Dover Publications (ISBN:
0486600815)
This book is an anthology of the early papers on relativity by
its originators (Einstein, Lorentz, Minkowski, and Weyl).
Click here
to order.
Stephen Hawking, A Brief
History of Time, Bantam Books (ISBN: 0553380168)
A bestseller that gives a good overview of some of the advanced
topics.
Click here
to order.
Kip Thorne, Black
Holes and Time Warps, W. W. Norton (ISBN: 0393312763)
A wide-ranging book that covers everything you want to know
about black holes and other exotica of General Relativity.
Click here
to order.
Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland,
Dover (ISBN: 048627263X)
An amusing introduction to multi-dimensional space. Helpful in
understanding spacetime.
Click here
to order. 
This book is available as e-text at Project Gutenberg.
George Gamow, Mr
Tompkins in Paperback, Cambridge (ISBN: 0521447712)
Brings relativity and quantum mechanics into the realm of
everyday experience through the adventures of Mr. Tompkins, a
British bank clerk.
Click here
to order.
These books can be obtained at your local bookstore or one of the many online stores.
This page is copyright ©1997-2020 by G. G. Lombardi. All rights reserved.