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An Illustrated Guide to Relativity.
Unique book explaining Einstein's special theory of relativity through diagrams rather than equations, for physics students and non-science majors.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to English edition; Preface to Japanese edition; Part I: Kinematics; 1 Welcome to the world of relativity; 2 Basics; 3 Galilean relativity; 4 Einsteinian relativity; 5 Causality; 6 Consequences; 7 Summary of Part I; Part II: Problems; 8 Qualitative problems; Solutions to Chapter 8 problems; 9 Quantitative problems; Part III: Dynamics: Relativity with a few equations; 10 The world's most famous equation; 11 The problem; 12 Newtonian dynamics; 13 Relativistic dynamics; 14 Summary of Part III; Afterword; References; Index.