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(1) THIS short account of the theory of relativity was given as a lecture to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool in 1921. The book is-as the title states—a very elementary exposition. It is certainly hopeless to give a popular account which bears even the slightest resemblance to the theory of relativity without drawing on the concepts of ordinary life; and this essay is interesting to read because it shares with the other writings of Sir Oliver Lodge the agreeable characteristic of being filled with vivid illustrations from the everyday experience of the man in the street.
(1) Relativity: a very Elementary Exposition.
By Sir Oliver Lodge. Pp. iv + 41. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1925.) 1s. net.
(2) Relativity, Meaning, and Motion.
By Claude G. Henderson. Pp. vi + 111. (London: Watts and Co., 1925.) 3s. 6d. net.
(3) The Common Sense of the Theory of Relativity.
By Dr. Paul R. Heyl. Pp. 44. (Baltimore, Md.: Williams and Wilkins Co.; London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1924.) 5s. net.
(4) La relativité dégagée d'hypothèses métaphysiques: exposé des théories d'Einstein, discussion de ces théories, essai d'une théorie nouvelle construite dans l'espace et le temps classiques.
Par H. Varcollier. Pp. xx + 542. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie., 1925.) 50 francs.
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W., D. (1)Relativity: a very Elementary Exposition (2) Relativity, Meaning, and Motion (3) The Common Sense of the Theory of Relativity (4) La relativité dégagée d'hypothèses métaphysiques: exposé des théories d'Einstein, discussion de ces théories, essai d'une théorie nouvelle construite dans l'espace et le temps classiques. Nature 116, 895 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116895a0
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