Relativity for All
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| Author | Herbert Dingle |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Relativity (popular exposition) |
| Published | 1922 |
| Publisher | Methuen & Co. |
| Pages | 72 |
| ISBN | 1408648504 |
Relativity for All is a 1922 popular science book by the physicist and philosopher of science Herbert Dingle, published by Methuen & Co. (London).
Overview
The book presents Einstein's theory of relativity in the simplest possible language, without mathematics and assuming no prior knowledge of physics or astronomy. Dingle sets relativity in the context of the general question "What is the nature of the world in which we live?", arguing that relativity offers a simpler picture of Nature than the classical alternatives and that its apparent difficulty stems mainly from its novelty. Appearing at the height of popular interest in relativity after the 1919 eclipse expedition, it became a bestseller and was well reviewed.
About the author
Herbert Dingle (1890–1978) was a British physicist, spectroscopist, and historian and philosopher of science, and a President of the Royal Astronomical Society. He took part in the 1919 eclipse expedition. Notably, although this early book was a sympathetic exposition of relativity, Dingle later became one of the most prominent critics of special relativity — arguing (in the "Dingle controversy" of the 1960s–70s and his book Science at the Crossroads, 1972) that the theory's time dilation was self-contradictory.
Publication details
- Author: Herbert Dingle
- Publisher: Methuen & Co., London
- Published: 1922
- Pages: 72
- ISBN: 1408648504 (reprint)
Links to Purchase Book
- Relativity for All (Amazon)