Sidelights on Relativity by Albert Einstein audiobook.

Genre: science

In Sidelights on Relativity, Albert Einstein steps away from heavy mathematics to offer an illuminating companion to his revolutionary theory, aimed at listeners who want the ideas as clearly as the equations allow. The book gathers two concise public lectures that explore what relativity changed-and what it did not. In 'Ether and the Theory of Relativity,' Einstein revisits the long-disputed notion of an all-pervading ether, explaining how relativity reshapes the question of what 'space' and 'time' can mean in physics. In 'Geometry and Experience,' he examines the relationship between abstract geometry and the measurable world, showing how concepts that seem purely logical become physical when applied to rods, clocks, and observations. Along the way, Einstein speaks directly to common misunderstandings, addresses the tension between intuition and experimental evidence, and highlights the quiet philosophical stakes behind modern physics: how we define reality, measurement, and the structures we use to describe nature. Compact but profound, this audiobook is both a guided tour of relativity's foundations and a lesson in scientific thinking from its most iconic architect.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:26:47) Chapter 2

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