Since 1905, when Professor Albert Einstein published the principle of relativity in its specific form, much attention has been devoted to this topic in scientific circles. In recent years, significant interest has also been shown by many intellectually curious general readers. Nearly a thousand books, pamphlets, and papers discussing the principle in general, or some of its aspects, have appeared, including some books aimed at clarifying its nature and implications without the mathematical expressions that provide precise accuracy. A commendable article of this kind is the one written by Mr. L. Bolton, a senior examiner at the Patent Office, published in the Westminster Gazette on Monday in collaboration with Scientific American, which awarded it a prize of five thousand dollars for the clearest explanation of Einstein’s principle for general readers.
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Since 1905, when Professor Albert Einstein published the principle of relativity in its specific form, much attention has been devoted to this topic in scientific circles. In recent years, significant interest has also been shown by many intellectually curious general readers. Nearly a thousand books, pamphlets, and papers discussing the principle in general, or some of its aspects, have appeared, including some books aimed at clarifying its nature and implications without the mathematical expressions that provide precise accuracy. A commendable article of this kind is the one written by Mr. L. Bolton, a senior examiner at the Patent Office, published in the Westminster Gazette on Monday in collaboration with Scientific American, which awarded it a prize of five thousand dollars for the clearest explanation of Einstein’s principle for general readers.
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