ABSTRACT
First published in 1922, this book represents the first attempt to popularise the more accessible aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Eschewing the mathematical components that put the theory beyond many people’s grasp, the author employs metaphorical examples and thought experiments to convey the fundamental ideas and assertions of one of physics’ most famous principles — which remains the accepted description of gravitation more than a century after its first publication. This book will of interest to students of physics as an introductory basis to aid further study.
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waves-and the hat? Is there any at first that the earth was still and the sun went
that they, too, were at rest as regards the air. You would then be in a quandary, for your two indis- putable experiments had apparently given contra- dictory results. You might get out of it by saying that there was no air, but if not what carried the
