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(1) DR. SLOSSON gives us in his book a breezy account of what he calls the more intelligible features of the theory of relativity with popular illustrations of distorting mirrors, references to Mr. H. G. Wells's “Time Machine” and other scientific romances, diagrams purporting to portray a four-dimensional cube, and general good-humour—a book with which the absolute layman may amuse himself for a few hours.
(1)Easy Lessons in Einstein: A Discussion of the More Intelligible Features of the Theory of Relativity.
By Dr. Edwin E. Slosson. With an article by Albert Einstein and a bibliography. Pp. vii + 128. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.; New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Howe, 1920.) Price 5s. net.
(2)From Newton to Einstein: Changing Conceptions of the Universe.
By Dr. Benjamin Harrow. Pp. 95. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1920.) Price 2s. 6d.
(3)Die Einsteinsche Relativitätstheorie.
By Prof. U. Kopff. Pp. 24. (Leipzig: Greszner und Schramm, 1920.) Price 1.50 marks.
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(1) Easy Lessons in Einstein: A Discussion of the More Intelligible Features of the Theory of Relativity (2) From Newton to Einstein: Changing Conceptions of the Universe (3) Die Einsteinsche Relativitätstheorie. Nature 106, 466 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106466b0
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