From Pythagoras to Einstein /
The main thread running through this somewhat unorthodox approach to the special theory of relativity is the Pythagorean theorem. It appears in its most elementary geometric form in the very beginning of this monograph. Then it reappears in algebraic garb, it is further modified and finally reinterp...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Anneli Lax new mathematical library.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- From Pythagoras to Einstein
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Pythagorean Theorem
- Chapter 2. Signed Numbers
- Chapter 3. Vectors
- Chapter 4. Components and Coordinates. Spaces of Higher Dimension
- Chapter 5. Momentum and Energy. Elastic Impact
- Chapter 6. Inelastic Impact
- Chapter 7. Space and Time Measurement in the Special Theory of Relativity
- Chapter 8. Momentum and Energy in the Special Theory of Relativity. Impact
- back cover