Stannard R. Relativity: A Very Short Introduction

Oxford University Press, 2008. — 128 p. — (Very short introductions, 190). — ISBN: 978-0-19-923622-0.Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics - replacing Newtonian ideas of space and time with bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions, a world of slowing clocks and stretched space, black holes and curved space-time. This introduction explores and explains the theory in an accessible and understandable way.