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Albert Einstein
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"Relativity: The Special and the General Theory" is a seminal work by Albert Einstein, first published in 1916, designed to explain the groundbreaking theories that reshaped our understanding of the universe. In this accessible text, Einstein introduces listeners to the Special Theory of Relativity, which addresses the relationship between space and time, and the General Theory of Relativity, which expands these concepts to include gravity as the curvature of space-time caused by mass and energy.
Written for the layperson, Einstein employs clear language and thought experiments to elucidate complex ideas such as time dilation, length contraction, and the equivalence principle, making this book a cornerstone of modern physics and a must for anyone interested in the fundamental nature of reality.
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Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists really think. He cuts to the bare mathematical essence of our most profound theories, explaining every step in a uniquely accessible way. Quantum field theory is how modern physics describes nature at its most profound level. Starting with the basics of quantum mechanics itself, Sean Carroll explains measurement and entanglement before explaining how the world is really made of fields.
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- By ATTILIO GALIANI on 10-02-24
By: Sean Carroll
The narration, however, is a terrible distraction for the reasons listed by some other reviewers, in addition to right from the first few minutes he repeats saying "pair-a bowl-a" for a simple parabola, and the issues proceed from there. This is a book in English by Einstein explaining his relativity theories as best as he can for a general audience. These theories, by their nature, include a good bit of geometry to describe. Why the editors hired a narrator to read it who has no idea how to pronounce parabola, or at minimum have it edited properly, is ridiculously incompetent and frustrating for the listener.
Great Content, Terrible narration
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