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Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1928. First edition. Original boards. Very Good. FIRST EDITON IN HEBREW of Einstein's wildly popular account of his relativity theories. Almost certainly Einstein's most widely read work, Relativity "presents a popular account of relativity theory, both special and general. Finding it difficult to write at this level, Einstein felt he had no choice but to do so if his theories were to be understood... The book was a huge success... Translations into other languages followed, making relativity theory known throughout the world." (Calaprice, The Einstein Almanac). For the Hebrew edition, Einstein wrote a special preface, noting: "The appearance of this, my book, in the language of our forefathers fills my heart with special joy. It is a sign of the transformation that has occurred in this language [of ours]. It is not enough to focus at present on its use in this area alone, namely that of expressing the central issues of our people to our own people, but more…

This book, written by Albert Einstein, introduces his groundbreaking theory of relativity, explaining its concepts in a form accessible to the general public.