What Are Some Beginner-Friendly Resources for Understanding Relativity?

Naty1 · Dec 24, 2008

I've come across two online sources I really like.

For some introductory comments and insight into relativity try:

http://einstein.relativitybook.com/Einstein_gravity.html

And for a really elementary first exposure to relativity consider
http://www.einstein-online.info/en/elementary/specialRT/index.html

Have fun...

Naty1 · Feb 5, 2009

Here is a free online physics texbook and a nice treatment of relativity including mathematics:

http://www.motionmountain.net/

Click on CONTENTS and scroll down to a chapter on interest...click again for details...

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