Illustrated Guide to Relativity

Aimed at both physics students and non-science majors, this unique book explains Einstein''s special theory of relativity pictorially, using diagrams rather than equations. The diagrams guide the reader, step-by-step, from the basics of relativity to advanced topics including the addition of velocities, Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the twin paradox, Doppler shift, and Einstein''s famous equ...