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The elements of relativity /

This undergraduate textbook introduces relativity to a non-technical audience. The "thinking tools" approach allows readers to understand at a much deeper level than popular treatments, and end-of-chapter problems (always lacking in popular books) help build and cement that understanding

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wittman, David M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A First Look at Relativity
  • 2. Acceleration and Force
  • 3. Galilean Relativity
  • 4. Reasoning with Frames and Spacetime Diagrams
  • 5. The Speed of Light
  • 6. Time Slow
  • 7. Time Dilation and Length Contraction
  • 8. Special Relativity: Putting it All Together
  • 9. Doppler Effect and Velocity Addition Law
  • 10. The Twin Paradox
  • 11. Spacetime Geometry
  • 12. Energy and Momentum
  • 13. The Equivalence Principle
  • 14. Gravity Reframed
  • 15. Potential
  • 16. Newtonian Gravity
  • 17. Orbits
  • 18. General Relativity and the Schwarzschild Metric
  • 19. Beyond the Schwarschild Metric
  • 20. Black Holes.