This book gives a deep and complete explanation of Einstein’s brilliant insight and equation in language that is fairly easy to follow and with a minimum of maths.
That said I’ve still listened to it 3 times to keep some of the concepts clear in my mind and I’m sure I’ll be listening again. That’s because space time is a difficult thing for us to grasp. However this book does an excellent job of giving clever thought experiments and understandable explanations of the various aspects of the theory.
There are also many insights I’d never been aware of before like why the speed of light is a universal speed limit.
The maths involved is not overly complex though I found it helpful to write down the maths involved so I could follow it more easily.
There are many aspects to understanding the subject and the book devotes a chapter to each. This provides a clear framework from which to glean a deeper insight into Einstein’s work.
Overall I have not come across a better or more complete explanation of this famous and important equation. Even if you are familiar with the concepts (like I thought I was) I feel it describes and connects the various concepts in a clever, insightful and satisfying way that has given me a more complete understanding.
I now feel I could explain E=MC2 to an interested party with confidence!
2 people found this helpful
June 1, 2016
zoostra
Rated 5 out of 5
Excellent way of explaining
Very well explained. Have been trying to get my head around relativity for years – and this gave me a solid understanding of the core logic and its implications. The narrator was a co-author so it doesn’t sound like he is ‘reading’, just explaining naturally.
Peter Bondy
A terrific explanation of E=MC2
This book gives a deep and complete explanation of Einstein’s brilliant insight and equation in language that is fairly easy to follow and with a minimum of maths.
That said I’ve still listened to it 3 times to keep some of the concepts clear in my mind and I’m sure I’ll be listening again. That’s because space time is a difficult thing for us to grasp. However this book does an excellent job of giving clever thought experiments and understandable explanations of the various aspects of the theory.
There are also many insights I’d never been aware of before like why the speed of light is a universal speed limit.
The maths involved is not overly complex though I found it helpful to write down the maths involved so I could follow it more easily.
There are many aspects to understanding the subject and the book devotes a chapter to each. This provides a clear framework from which to glean a deeper insight into Einstein’s work.
Overall I have not come across a better or more complete explanation of this famous and important equation. Even if you are familiar with the concepts (like I thought I was) I feel it describes and connects the various concepts in a clever, insightful and satisfying way that has given me a more complete understanding.
I now feel I could explain E=MC2 to an interested party with confidence!
2 people found this helpful
zoostra
Excellent way of explaining
Very well explained.
Have been trying to get my head around relativity for years –
and this gave me a solid understanding of the core logic
and its implications.
The narrator was a co-author so it doesn’t sound like he is
‘reading’, just explaining naturally.
2 people found this helpful