A-Levels Guide to Relativity Books

[ryanuser]

So, I will start my A levels (in Uk or equivalent of 11th grade in America) and i want to start reading about special and general relativity in simple language but still the same equations used (basically an easier version of relativity-more understandable), any books you can suggest?
Many Thanks

 

[bcrowell]

For the kinematical part of SR, I like Takeuchi, An Illustrated Guide to Relativity. For dynamics, Taylor and Wheeler, Spacetime Physics, is good, but may be above the level you want. There are free options:
http://www.theassayer.org/cgi-bin/asbrowsesubject.cgi?class=Q#freeclassQC

For GR, you could try Geroch, General Relativity from A to B -- it has pros and cons, and has a very limited scope, as the title implies. Another GR book with limited scope is Taylor and Wheeler, Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity. For more depth and breadth, you could try Hartle, Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity, but the level may be too high.