The elements of relativity

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This undergraduate textbook introduces relativity to a non-technical audience. The "thinking tools" approach allows readers to understand at a much deeper level than popular treatments, and end-of-chapter problems (always lacking in popular books) help build and cement that understanding. Abstract: This undergraduate textbook introduces relativity to a non-technical audience. The "thinking tools" approach allows readers to understand at a much deeper level than popular treatments, and end-of-chapter problems (always lacking in popular books) help build and cement that understanding.  Read more... Content: 1. A First Look at Relativity -- 2. Acceleration and Force -- 3. Galilean Relativity -- 4. Reasoning with Frames and Spacetime Diagrams -- 5. The Speed of Light -- 6. Time Slow -- 7. Time Dilation and Length Contraction -- 8. Special Relativity: Putting it All Together -- 9. Doppler Effect and Velocity Addition Law -- 10. The Twin Paradox -- 11. Spacetime Geometry -- 12. Energy and Momentum -- 13. The Equivalence Principle -- 14. Gravity Reframed -- 15. Potential -- 16. Newtonian Gravity -- 17. Orbits -- 18. General Relativity and the Schwarzschild Metric -- 19. Beyond the Schwarschild Metric -- 20. Black Holes.