--- product_id: 8197931 title: "How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog" brand: "chad orzel" price: "£13.13" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8197931-how-to-teach-relativity-to-your-dog store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog **Brand:** chad orzel **Price:** £13.13 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog by chad orzel - **How much does it cost?** £13.13 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8197931-how-to-teach-relativity-to-your-dog) ## Best For - chad orzel enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted chad orzel brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog ## Images ![How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71P7Xz9ueHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Physics class with a furry friend :) *by I***I on September 12, 2015* Chad Orzel's How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is a terrific book for anyone wanting to learn more about the elementary physics from the basics of the tehroy of relativity to the speed of light to more complex notions associated with blackholes, the curvature of the universe, and particle science. We also learn what is happening at CERN. Did you know that physicists there have developed conditions to create their own black hole? But to make this physics more fun, Dr. Orzel presents his teaching to his beloved dog, Emmy. Whether her attemping to trick her master into giving her more treats or making backhanded comments about her number one nemesis, the black cat, Nero, she adds a delightful comic relief that keeps the reader entertained. Dr. Orzel's clever introduction of Emmy further allows us to see how physics plays a key role in the everyday life of humans and dogs and even cats alike. This is one book that can make anyone a physics enthusiast, even those previously wary of science. I can definitely see this work as even a supplement to any physics class, as it is one physics book you will not want to put down as it has one of the cutest and furriest teaching assistants you'll ever have. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not a trivial or easy book. *by M***T on December 4, 2017* Given the title of the book and the use of a dog as an interlocutor, one might expect this to be a trivialized, or even a very easy book on the subject of Relativity Theory – it is not. I make this assessment as a retired materials scientist who has prepared a course on Einstein for the senior community in which I live. To do so, I have read a great many of the general treatments of Special and General Relativity, including most that are listed in the suggested reading list at the back of this book. Compared to the rest of the books, I would rate this one as being of intermediate difficulty. It is surly not a comic treatment or a trivial one, but one that deals with aspects of Relativity Theory that are quite complex and that are therefore left out of many other treatments.What is in the book and why I rate this book as being of intermediate difficulty – The book covers both Special and General Relativity and their applications to cosmology and the attempt to unify Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. The book employs some equations (with a typographical error in the fourth of Maxwell’s Equations), but does not do much with them. It also introduces some very complicate aspects of space-time geometry that are wisely left out of many other books written for a general audience. I found the chapters devoted to space-time geometry to be very complex and not at all clear. Fortunately, I had previously read Mermin’s “It’s About Time”, which is referenced in Orzel’s book. Mermin devotes much more of his book to this difficult concept, and I wish that Orzel had done likewise. Mermin’s book is more complete in its treatment, as it derives ideas that are only stated or partially derived in Orzel’s book, but Mermin’s book requires much more effort on the part of the reader to get the most from it. I got the impression that Orzel was attempting to simplify the approach provided by Mermin, which is a good thing for one desiring an understanding of the basics of relativity, as Mermin’s book is in my opinion quite an undertaking for someone without the proper background. However, I found that I needed Mermin’s book to supplement what was covered in Orzel’s book.I found Orzel’s book to be a useful addition to my library on the subject of relativity. It clarified several ideas for me, but I feel that this book is a bit too complex for someone just interested in a “talking dog” overview of relativity, especially since the dog in question was much more acquainted with physics and Relativity Theory than the average prospective reader of the book. I would recommend Wolfson’s “Simply Einstein” for a very good introduction to relativity – one that does not use any math (except in a 4-page appendix) or complex space-time geometry, although it is discussed in a very general manner – much more simply than the discussions in Orzel’s book. I recommend Taylor and Wheeler’s “Space Time Physics” for an introductory treatment that uses simple mathematics, but in a complete fashion and along with solved problems that provide a firmer grasp of the subject. Space Time Physics does a much better job of explaining space-time geometry, clarifying aspects of this subject that I found confusing in Orzel’s book. Mermin’s book is also a good choice for a reader willing to invest the time and effort to get the most from it, but I would rate is as more advanced than Orzel’s book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just the right level for an interested amateur *by F***R on March 9, 2022* The level of this book was just right for me. I am just an interested amateur. It required virtually no mathematics knowledge. It had all of my favorite examples and explanations and much more that I was not familiar with. 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