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Martin Gardner
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ISBN: 0486293157
Page Count: 224
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
One of the clearest, most entertaining introductions to the subject ever written offers lucid explanations of not only the special and general theories of relativity, but also of the Michelson-Morley experiment, gravity, and spacetime, Mach's principle, the twin paradox, models of the universe and other topics. 100 illustrations.

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