Introduction to Einstein: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Introduction to Einstein, credited to William F. Hudgings, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Introduction to Einstein by William F. Hudgings. Read in English by James R. Hedrick. It is the purpose of this booklet therefore, to bring within the scope of visualization, as nearly as possible, the very essence of relativity, and to state its principles in terms devoid of unfamiliar phrases and illustrations. The popular mind is not satisfied with vague statements, mathematical equations and formulæ. It calls for an explanation in words of every day usage, and where a technical term must be employed then a definition of that term in language simple and lucid. To meet these requirements without sacrificing scientific accuracy has been the earnest endeavor of the author. - Summary by William F. Hudgings Narrator’s note: This book has been read as written although it contains several factual errors, e.g.: confusing photons with electrons and using an incomplete formula for acceleration due to gravity.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Introduction to Einstein
• Author credits: William F. Hudgings
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 2:07:52

Catalogue topics

• science
• physics
• relativity

Track guide

1. 01 - A Popular Explanation of the Einstein Theory — 3:18
2. 02 - Introduction to Einstein and Universal Relativity — 8:01
3. 03 - Concepts Versus Reality — 4:05
4. 04 - Unlimited Choice of Reference Frames — 7:06
5. 05 - Knowledge Broadens Many Concepts — 6:43
6. 06 - Universe a Four-Dimensional Continuum — 2:50
7. 07 - Time and Space Inseparable — 5:13
8. 08 - Relativity and Its Effects — 4:03
9. 09 - Mercury’s Perihelion — 4:58
10. 10 - The Universal Unit — 5:44
11. 11 - Motion and Contraction — 4:26
12. 12 - “Absolute Length” Fictitious — 3:06
13. 13 - The Special Theory of Relativity — 4:42
14. 14 - Laws of Nature Not Unalterable — 3:53
15. 15 - Paradoxical Behavior of Light — 7:20
16. 16 - Electronic Structure of Matter — 4:28
17. 17 - Michelson-Morley Experiment — 8:28
18. 18 - Simultaneity a Meaningless Term — 2:14
19. 19 - The General Principle of Relativity — 7:20
20. 20 - Gravitation and Inertia — 6:37
21. 21 - Non-Euclidean Geometry — 3:34
22. 22 - Time as a Fourth Dimension — 5:52
23. 23 - Geometry with a Physical Meaning — 7:08
24. 24 - The Background of Gravitation — 6:43

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