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MR. SULLIVAN has achieved something new in the exposition of relativity by writing in dialogue form. One is inevitably reminded of Galileo, but in Mir. Sullivan's book, unlike that of the great Florentine, the characters are not provided with conflicting pre conceptions. They are, in fact, not private individuals so much as actors whose parts are made to fit together in such a way as to provide a smooth, uninterrupted account of the theory for the reader. After a brief introduction, six dialogues are set forth, between ia mathematical physicist, a philosopher, and an ordinary intelligent person. The mathematical physicist has undertaken to expound the theory of relativity to his companions, who make just the right remarks or ask appropriate questions at frequent intervals. It must be confessed that the ordinary intelligent person is much more intelligent than the sort of person one ordinarily meets with.
Three Men Discuss Relativity.
By J. W. N. Sullivan. Pp. xxx + 233. (London and Glasgow: W. Collins, Sons and Co., Ltd., 1925.) 7s. 6d. net.
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Three Men Discuss Relativity . Nature 118, 80 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118080a0
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