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Three Men Discuss Relativity (1926)
- wayeq 4y agoThat's a bunch for posting this. Really fascinating while being (relatively ;) easy to comprehend at the same time.
- kubanczyk 4y agoA lot of my quick notes would benefit from phrasing it as dialogues: the main voice vs the skeptic vs "the architecture astronaut".
- ekoontz 4y agoNice to use the same idea as Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Chief_World_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_Concerning_the_Two_Ch...
- robotresearcher 4y agoIt's a classical technique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_dialogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_dialogue
- hm64 4y agoWhat a coincidence, this is from my University. I just submitted a request to collect it from the library :)
- CobrastanJorji 4y ago> "The mathematical physicist is provided with a blackboard, on which he occasionally writes down very simple mathematical expressions. The Ordinary Intelligent Person's first impulse, on seeing these expressions, is to take fright and to give up all attempts to follow the argument. Well, not a whole lot has changed in 100 years.
- somebodynew 4y agoI've read the first two chapters so far and found it to be interesting and accessible. The style is pleasantly warm compared to a lot of modern writing while maintaining scientific integrity and treating the reader more maturely than average contemporary pop-sci.