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However one of my more thought-provoking engineering courses was relativity theory. Reputedly the topic was very difficult and frustrating, but by that time I had taken various background classes, and I found relativity quite logical and easy to grasp. I concluded that the main hurdle for most students was the absence of a satisfactory bridge between what is taught in high school math/science programs and the basic mathematics of relativity. I felt I could fill this void, but of course, once I started medical school and began building my practice, such a project was out of the question. Nevertheless, I undertook various forms of medical writing, and I published two books (no longer in print) on topics in my specialty, ophthalmology.
About fifteen years ago a flurry of news stories appeared about relativity. I noted how the press handled these - clumsily and naively in my opinion - and I decided it was time to fulfill my ambition. My first impulse was to write a short book, but my research indicated the need for a far more comprehensive work, one that spelled out the fundamentals as well as the mathematical basics of relativity. Since I only had limited time for writing, I did not finish until 2000.
I am amazed by how much literature continually emerges on the subject and on its various ramifications. For example, another biography on Einstein seems to sprout every few months, and I have found hardly any book or magazine or website on modern physical science that lacks at least some reference to relativity. However, the problem remains: No one I know of so far has taken what we are ordinarily taught about mathematics and science, and used it to explain what relativity is all about.
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