Provides a concise, nonmathematical overview of Albert Einstein's ideas about relativity, and discusses why they are important today. Includes illustrations.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Getting started. Voyage to a black hole -- Einstein's special theory of relativity. Racing light ; Redefining space and time ; A new common sense -- Einstein's general theory of relativity. Newton's absurdity ; Redefining gravity -- Implications of relativity. Black holes ; The expanding universe -- Epilogue : your indelible mark on the universe.