The book shown here is about to go to press, but is on hold for a few days because the publishers have decided they don’t like the subtitle (An Invitation to the theory of relativity for anyone who is now or has ever been a bright high school student). I have the final call on this, but I’d like to make the publishers happy, partly because they probably know more than I do about how to sell books.
Three questions:
Question 1: Do you like the existing subtitle?
Question 2: The publisher has suggested truncating the subtitle to An invitation to the theory of relativity for anyone, which strikes me as dreadful. Do you agree?
Question 3: Do you have a potentially better idea?
publisher’s choice is not too bad. I agree it is not as quirky (complimentary) as yours, but still, not too bad. please note that yours has a negative connotation, see: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/former-gifted-child or google “former gifted child syndrome”
Relativity for the relatively bright.$
Relativity for the Relatively Bright.
The current one is too long. How about Relativity for the Special or General Reader?