Yeah, the whitepaper is very approachable. It's amazing how simple it is. Along similar lines (complex topics explained beautifully and simply by their creators), I recommend Relativity: The Special and General Theory[1] by the man himself. It's a great explanation of relativity without the need to have a strong math background. He explains it in the form of thought experiments, as only…
Supposed to be a good exposition, although not entirely easy; for modern editions you can buy: http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Masterpiece... http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Classic-Rep...
The first half of this is from the excellent book: Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein It's written for the interested layman, the article is from part 3 of the book where Einstein explains this.
…represent many thousands of years of collected intelligence and wisdom many written by the intellect that created the ideas underlying today's society. Check out Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin or Relativity by Albert Einstein.
…thought experiments, which communicated tremendously complex ideas with analogies so simple and elegant that someone with less than a secondary school education could grasp them. Einstein even wrote Relativity: The Special and General Theory as a "popular" science text, so that as many scientists in as many fields as possible could understand the implications of his theories. As has often been said on HN,…
对，那篇白皮书非常通俗易懂，简单得不可思议。顺着类似的思路（由创造者亲自把复杂主题讲解得精妙又简单），我推荐爱因斯坦亲自写的《狭义与广义相对论浅说》[1]。就算没有很强的数学功底，读它也能很好地理解相对论。他是用思想实验的形式来阐述的，也只有……
Yeah, the whitepaper is very approachable. It's amazing how simple it is. Along similar lines (complex topics explained beautifully and simply by their creators), I recommend Relativity: The Special and General Theory[1] by the man himself. It's a great explanation of relativity without the need to have a strong math background. He explains it in the form of thought experiments, as only…
应该是一部很好的阐述，虽然并不算完全轻松易读；现代版本可以在这里买：http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Masterpiece... http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Classic-Rep...
Supposed to be a good exposition, although not entirely easy; for modern editions you can buy: http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Masterpiece... http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Classic-Rep...
前半部分出自阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦那本极好的书：《狭义与广义相对论浅说》。这本书是写给感兴趣的外行读者的，这篇文章就节选自书中爱因斯坦解释这一点的第三部分。
The first half of this is from the excellent book: Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein It's written for the interested layman, the article is from part 3 of the book where Einstein explains this.
……代表了数千年汇集起来的智慧和思想，其中许多都出自开创了现代社会底层理念的智者之手。可以看看查尔斯·达尔文的《物种起源》或者阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的《相对论》。
…represent many thousands of years of collected intelligence and wisdom many written by the intellect that created the ideas underlying today's society. Check out Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin or Relativity by Albert Einstein.
http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Masterpiece...
http://www.amazon.com/Relativity-Special-General-Masterpiece...
……思想实验，这些实验用如此简单而优美的类比传达了极其复杂的思想，连初中没毕业的人都能理解。爱因斯坦甚至把《狭义与广义相对论浅说》写成了一本“大众”科普读物，以便让尽可能多领域的尽可能多的科学家都能理解其理论的深意。正如 HN 上常说的那样，……
…thought experiments, which communicated tremendously complex ideas with analogies so simple and elegant that someone with less than a secondary school education could grasp them. Einstein even wrote Relativity: The Special and General Theory as a "popular" science text, so that as many scientists in as many fields as possible could understand the implications of his theories. As has often been said on HN,…