In the Twentieth Century Albert Einstein and others made some astonishing discoveries. They showed us how our universe could start with a Big Bang which seems to allow something to appear from nothing, that Space can be curved and why there may have been a time when there was no Time. If you have always been absolutely baffled by anything related to Space-time then this book is for you. My writing mission is to engage with a new audience that has no previous knowledge of science, and I go to great lengths (without any equations) to make sure that everybody can fully understand my explanations.Unfortunately, Space-time has a reputation for being difficult. The first thing I will do is show that this claim is false. In this book nothing is too hard to understand and I will also encourage you to participate in the scientific process. Don't worry, you are not going to need your own laboratory; everything can be done in the comfort of your own home with Thought Experiments.

This thoroughly up-to-date, highly accessible overview covers microgravity, collider accelerators, satellite probes, neutron detectors, radioastronomy, and pulsars.

A story about the origins of space, time, miracles and more. "Lost in Space" offers a totally unique way for each of its readers to assess their own place in reality. This book is for all those who are in search of life's truths.

An accessible introductory textbook on general relativity, covering the theory's foundations, mathematical formalism and major applications.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Most appealing... technical accuracy and lightness of tone... Impeccable.”—Wall Street Journal “A porthole into another world.”—Scientific American “Brings science dissemination to a new level.”—Science The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality. Physics offers deep insights into the workings of the universe but those insights come in the form of equations that often look like gobbledygook. Sean Carroll shows that they are really like meaningful poems that can help us fly over sierras to discover a miraculous multidimensional landscape alive with radiant giants, warped space-time, and bewilderingly powerful forces. High school calculus is itself a centuries-old marvel as worthy of our gaze as the Mona Lisa. And it may come as a surprise the extent to which all our most cutting-edge ideas about black holes are built on the math calculus enables. No one else could so smoothly guide readers toward grasping the very equation Einstein used to describe his theory of general relativity. In the tradition of the legendary Richard Feynman lectures presented sixty years ago, this book is an inspiring, dazzling introduction to a way of seeing that will resonate across cultural and generational boundaries for many years to come.

Discovering Relativity for yourself explains Einstein's Theory of Relativity to readers who are daunted by the standard mathematical approach to that profound theory. For twenty years Sam Lilley taught this subject to adults with no science background. Now he has written an explanation of the theory that demands no prior knowledge of mathematics or physics beyond an ability to do simple arithmetic. The first quarter of the book uses no more than arithmetic and a little simple geometry to introduce some of the main concepts of the theory, as well as discussing an impressive experimental test, which comes down strongly in its favour. When eventually further progress demands use of algebra and other mathematical techniques, these are carefully explained in a way that makes them accessible to absolute beginners, using many new and unorthodox methods.