Einstein for Beginners

Synopsis of Einstein for Beginners

«Einstein for Beginners» is the popular science comic by Joseph Schwartz and Michael McGuinness, published by Icon Books in paperback (172 pages, in English).

Introduction to the life and thought of Albert Einstein: from Babylon and the Etruscans, it traces the discoveries and advances that made relativity possible, passing through Galileo, Faraday and Newton. It explains why moving clocks run slower, why nothing exceeds the speed of light, and how Einstein arrived at E=mc².

Part of the «Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Book» series, number 4. Originally published in 1979; this edition is from 1992.

For readers approaching Einstein and relativity for the first time, without needing prior training in physics.