Among expositions for general readers are Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory: A Popular Exposition, 17th ed. (1961; originally published in German, 1917), a popularization for the lay reader of a classic work written by one of the greatest scientists of all time; Bertrand Russell, The ABC of Relativity, 4th rev. ed. edited by Felix Pirani (1985); Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld, The Evolution of Physics (1938, reissued 1961); Leopold Infeld, Albert Einstein: His Work and Its Influence on Our World (1950), two books that cover the whole of physics, with special emphasis on relativity (Infeld was one of Einstein's chief collaborators in the 1930s); Hermann Bondi, Relativity and Common Sense: A New Approach to Einstein (1964, reissued 1980); Robert Geroch, General Relativity from A to B (1978), a beautiful book explaining general relativity in an exciting and insightful manner to an audience of humanists; Peter G. Bergmann, The Riddle of Gravitation, rev. and updated ed. (1987, reissued 1992), a work that emphasizes the general theory of relativity and includes a discussion of research; Sam Lilley, Discovering Relativity for Yourself (1981), a work that covers both theories; George F.R. Ellis and Ruth M. Williams, Flat and Curved Space-times (1988); Eric Chaisson, Relatively Speaking: Relativity, Black Holes, and the Fate of the Universe (1988); and Clifford M. Will, Was Einstein Right?: Putting General Relativity to the Test, 2nd ed. (1993), the last two works stressing the astronomical aspect of relativity.

Presentations for readers with technical training include H.A. Lorentz et al., The Principle of Relativity (1923, reissued 1952), a collection of fundamental research papers, all in English; Albert Einstein, The Meaning of Relativity, 5th ed., trans. from German (1955, reprinted 1988), based on lectures by Einstein delivered in 1921, with two appendixes containing Einstein's views on cosmology through 1945, and his work on the "nonsymmetric" unified field theory to the time of his death in 1955; Abraham Pais, "Subtle Is the Lord--": The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein (1982), containing a wealth of material on relativity, its history, and its relationship to the whole of physics; David Bohm, The Special Theory of Relativity (1965, reprinted 1989), a thoroughgoing treatment of the special theory combined with a discussion of the philosophical foundations of physics; A.P. French, Special Relativity (1968, reissued 1984), an introduction at the undergraduate level; Hermann Bondi, Cosmology, 2nd ed. (1961), a survey of cosmology at a technical level, including observational data through the late 1950s; Peter G. Bergmann, Introduction to the Theory of Relativity (1942, reissued 1976); C. Møller, The Theory of Relativity, 2nd ed. (1972); J.L. Synge, Relativity: The Special Theory, 2nd ed. (1964, reissued 1972), and Relativity: The General Theory (1960, reissued 1971); Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, and John Archibald Wheeler, Gravitation (1973), technical texts, on the graduate level, that represent distinct approaches to the subject by active research workers; Steven Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity (1972), by a Nobel laureate; J.L. Martin, General Relativity: A Guide to Its Consequences for Gravity and Cosmology (1988), a text on the general theory; S.W. Hawking and G.F.R. Ellis, The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (1973), a work principally concerned with the geometric aspects of general relativity on a global scale; Robert M. Wald, General Relativity (1984), and Space, Time, and Gravity, 2nd ed. (1992), written by one of the experts and an active contributor in the field; Roberto Torretti, Relativity and Geometry (1983), an exposition of the general and special theories from a geometric perspective, for the advanced reader; and Wolfgang Rindler, Introduction to Special Relativity, 2nd ed. (1991). Two historical works are Don Howard and John Stachel (eds.), Einstein and the History of General Relativity (1989); and Jean Eisenstaedt and A.J. Kox (eds.), Studies in the History of General Relativity (1992).