The internationally renowned physicist Harald Fritzsch deftly
explains the meaning and far-flung implications of the general
theory of relativity and other mysteries of modern physics by
presenting an imaginary conversation among Newton, Einstein, and a
fictitious contemporary particle physicist named Adrian Haller --
the same device Fritzsch employed to great acclaim in his earlier
book An Equation That Changed the World, which focused on the
special theory of relativity.
Einstein's theory of gravitation, his general theory of
relativity, touches on basic questions of our existence. Matter,
according to Einstein, has no existence independent of space and
time. It is even capable of bending the structure of space and
changing the course of time -- it introduces a "curvature." Gravity
emerges not as an actual physical force but as a consequence of
space-time geometry. Even the apple that drops from the tree
follows the curvature of time and space.
In this entertaining and involving account of relativity, Newton
serves as the skeptic and asks the questions a modern reader might
ask. Einstein himself does the explaining, while Haller explains
the new developments that have occurred since the general theory
was proposed. The result is an intellectual roller-coaster ride in
which concepts that have entered the vernacular become clear for
the first time: the Big Bang, "black holes," elementary particles,
and much more.
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