James Trefil is Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, USA. In 2000 he received the Andrew W. Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics for outstanding and sustained contributions in bridging the gap between science and society.

This Guidebook is written in a style that is both authoritative and approachable. The reader is clearly in the hands of an expert author who is determined to make a challenging subject comprehensible and enjoyable.Professor Robert Lambourne, The Open University.

• 1. Einstein’s life 2. The state of physics the start of the twentieth century 3. Coordinate systems 4. Foundations of Special Relativity 5. Time 6. Special Relativity 7. More results from Special Relativity 8. Experimental proofs of Special Relativity 9. General Relativity and the Equivalence Principle 10. General Relativity and Gravity 11. The formulation of General Relativity 12. Experimental tests of General Relativity 13. Cosmology 14. The Future of Relativity. Index

James Trefil is Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, USA. In 2000 he received the Andrew W. Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics for outstanding and sustained contributions in bridging the gap between science and society.

This Guidebook is written in a style that is both authoritative and approachable. The reader is clearly in the hands of an expert author who is determined to make a challenging subject comprehensible and enjoyable.Professor Robert Lambourne, The Open University.

• 1. Einstein’s life 2. The state of physics the start of the twentieth century 3. Coordinate systems 4. Foundations of Special Relativity 5. Time 6. Special Relativity 7. More results from Special Relativity 8. Experimental proofs of Special Relativity 9. General Relativity and the Equivalence Principle 10. General Relativity and Gravity 11. The formulation of General Relativity 12. Experimental tests of General Relativity 13. Cosmology 14. The Future of Relativity. Index

James Trefil is Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, USA. In 2000 he received the Andrew W. Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics for outstanding and sustained contributions in bridging the gap between science and society.

This Guidebook is written in a style that is both authoritative and approachable. The reader is clearly in the hands of an expert author who is determined to make a challenging subject comprehensible and enjoyable.Professor Robert Lambourne, The Open University.

• 1. Einstein’s life 2. The state of physics the start of the twentieth century 3. Coordinate systems 4. Foundations of Special Relativity 5. Time 6. Special Relativity 7. More results from Special Relativity 8. Experimental proofs of Special Relativity 9. General Relativity and the Equivalence Principle 10. General Relativity and Gravity 11. The formulation of General Relativity 12. Experimental tests of General Relativity 13. Cosmology 14. The Future of Relativity. Index