What Is Relativity?

What Is Relativity?
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9780231537032
ISBN-13 : 0231537034
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Book Synopsis What Is Relativity? by : Jeffrey Bennett

Download or read book What Is Relativity? written by Jeffrey Bennett and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned astrophysicist’s approachable introduction to Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and its application in our daily lives. It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's theories of relativity, describing the amazing phenomena readers would actually experience if they took a trip to a black hole. The theory of relativity reveals the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit, the mind-bending ideas of time dilation and curvature of spacetime, and what may be the most famous equation in history: E = mc2. Indeed, the theory of relativity shapes much of our modern understanding of the universe. It is not “just a theory”―every major prediction of relativity has been tested to exquisite precision, and its practical applications include the Global Positioning System (GPS). Amply illustrated and written in clear, accessible prose, Bennett's book proves anyone can grasp the basics of Einstein's ideas. His intuitive, nonmathematical approach gives a wide audience its first real taste of how relativity works and why it is so important to science and the way we view ourselves as human beings. “Well-written and uniquely readable . . . Bennett carefully avoids bombastic statements and “spectacularization” of the subject.” —Alberto Nicolis, Columbia University “I have read lots of introductions to relativity, but none is as clear and compelling as this one.” —Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute

What Is Relativity?

What Is Relativity?
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 84
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ISBN-10 : 0486428060
ISBN-13 : 9780486428062
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis What Is Relativity? by : L. D. Landau

Download or read book What Is Relativity? written by L. D. Landau and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Nobel Prize physicist and his colleague, this compelling book uses familiar objects (trains, rulers, clocks) to illuminate the more subtle aspects of relativity. 23 illustrations. 1959 edition.

Relativity in Illustrations

Relativity in Illustrations
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780486259659
ISBN-13 : 048625965X
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Relativity in Illustrations by : Jacob T. Schwartz

Download or read book Relativity in Illustrations written by Jacob T. Schwartz and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its answers to questions such as What is time? and What is space?, this clear, nontechnical treatment makes the principles of relativity more accessible to the general reader. The author gradually introduces Einstein's theory in terms of familiar concepts from high school-level geometry, utilizing more than 60 drawings to illuminate profound yet often simple ideas.

Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9780486142128
ISBN-13 : 0486142124
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Einstein's Theory of Relativity by : Max Born

Download or read book Einstein's Theory of Relativity written by Max Born and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, more) and of Einstein's theories of relativity.

It's About Time

It's About Time
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781400830848
ISBN-13 : 1400830842
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Book Synopsis It's About Time by : N. David Mermin

Download or read book It's About Time written by N. David Mermin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry. The book evolved as Mermin taught the subject to diverse groups of undergraduates at Cornell University, none of them science majors, over three and a half decades. Mermin's approach is imaginative, yet accurate and complete. Clear, lively, and informal, the book will appeal to intellectually curious readers of all kinds, including even professional physicists, who will be intrigued by its highly original approach.

The Meaning of Relativity

The Meaning of Relativity
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781400851874
ISBN-13 : 1400851874
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Meaning of Relativity by : Albert Einstein

Download or read book The Meaning of Relativity written by Albert Einstein and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-26 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for that year. These four lectures constituted an overview of his then-controversial theory of relativity. Princeton University Press made the lectures available under the title The Meaning of Relativity, the first book by Einstein to be produced by an American publisher. As subsequent editions were brought out by the Press, Einstein included new material amplifying the theory. A revised version of the appendix "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," added to the posthumous edition of 1956, was Einstein's last scientific paper.

Relativity

Relativity
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781501105098
ISBN-13 : 1501105094
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Relativity by : Antonia Hayes

Download or read book Relativity written by Antonia Hayes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “beautifully written, heartbreaking” (S. J. Watson) debut novel about a gifted boy who discovers the truth about his past, his overprotective single mother who tries desperately to shield him from it, and the father he has never met who has unexpectedly returned. “Original, compassionate, cleverly plotted, and genuinely difficult to put down.” –Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project Twelve-year-old Ethan Forsythe, an exceptionally talented boy obsessed with physics and astronomy, has been raised alone by his mother in Sydney, Australia. Claire, a former professional ballerina, has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he’s becoming increasingly curious about his father’s absence in his life. Claire is fiercely protective of her talented, vulnerable son—and of her own feelings. But when Ethan falls ill, tied to a tragic event that occurred during his infancy, her tightly-held world is split open. Thousands of miles away on the western coast of Australia, Mark is trying to forget about the events that tore his family apart, but an unexpected call forces him to confront his past and return home. When Ethan secretly intercepts a letter from Mark to Claire, he unleashes long-suppressed forces that—like gravity—pull the three together again, testing the limits of love and forgiveness. Told from the alternating points of view of Ethan and each of his parents, Relativity is a poetic and soul-searing exploration of unbreakable bonds, irreversible acts, the limits of science, and the magnitude of love.