In article <cvidnYaDLvV6Y-vYnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Alan Dillard <dillard89@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Looking for opinions from anyone who has read The Meaning of Relativity.
I
>collect books in fine bindings for my home library and found a very nice
>copy of The Meaning of Relativity on eBay below, but was wondering if a
>non-scientist would find it interesting. Or is it a bit too technical?
If
>it's an interesting read, I think I'll bid on it.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170057950676
He wrote it for nonprofessional audiences. I haven't read it
myself (but have a copy on my to-read) so can't comment specifically.
His history of physics, with Infeld, is quite readable by nonprofessionals
and it is consistent with his writing (vs. Infeld's, whom I haven't read)
in professional cir***stances.
So, should be readable. New, it wasn't very expensive, so I wouldn't
bid very high on it.
--
Robert Grumbine http://www.radix.net/~bobg/
Science faqs and amateur
activities notes and links.
Sagredo (Galileo Galilei) "You present these recondite matters with too
much
evidence and ease; this great facility makes them less appreciated than
they
would be had they been presented in a more abstruse manner." Two New
Sciences
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