In 1905, Albert Einstein offered a revolutionary theory--special
relativity--to explain some of the most troubling problems in
current physics concerning electromagnetism and motion. Soon
afterwards, Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity essentially
as a new geometric structure for spacetime. These ideas are the
subject of the first part of the book. The second part develops the
main implications of Einstein's general relativity as a theory of
gravity rooted in the differential geometry of surfaces. The author
explores the way an individual observer views the world and how a
pair of observers collaborate to gain objective knowledge of the
world. To encompass both the general and special theory, he uses
the geometry of spacetime as the unifying theme of the book. To
read it, one needs only a first course in linear algebra and
multivariable calculus and familiarity with the physical
applications of calculus.
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