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The manga guide to relativity /
This latest offering in No Starch Press's highly acclaimed EduManga series, The Manga Guide to Relativity , uses Japanese comics, clear explanations, and a charming storyline to gently introduce you to relativity. The book follows the plight of student body president Minagi, who's been sen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Japonés |
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Tokyo : San Francisco :
Ohmsha ; No Starch Press,
©2011.
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| Edición: | English ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; 1. What is Relativity?; 1. What is Relativity?; 2. Galilean Principle of Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics; 3. Mystery of the Speed of Light; 4. Einstein Discarded Newtonian Mechanics; What is Light?; Light is Constant (And They Prove it Every Day in a Lab Called Spring-8); What's Simultaneous Depends on Whom You Ask! (Simultaneity Mismatch); Case of Newtonian Velocity Addition (Nonrelativistic Addition); Case in Which the Speed of Light is Constant (Relativistic Addition of Velocity); Galilean Principle of Relativity and Galilean Transformation
- Differences Between the Galilean Principle of Relativity and Einstein's Special Principle of RelativityWait a Second-What Happens With the Addition of Velocities?; 2. What Do You Mean, Time Slows Down?; 1. Urashima Effect (Time Dilation); 2. Why Does Time Slow Down?; 3. The Slowing of Time Mutually Affects Each Party Equally; 4. Looking at the Slowing of Time Using an Equation; Using the Pythagorean Theorem to Prove Time Dilation; How Much Does Time Slow Down?; 3. The Faster an Object Moves, the Shorter and Heavier it Becomes?; 1. Does Length Contract When You Go Faster?
- 2. Do You Get Heavier When You Go Faster?Using an Equation to Understand Length Contraction (Lorentz Contraction); Muons With Extended Life Spans; Mass When Moving; Newton's Second Law of Motion; Galilean Transformation; Lorentz Transformation; Relationship Between Energy and Mass; Does Light Have Zero Mass?; 4. What is General Relativity?; 1. Equivalence Principle; 2. Light Is Bent by Gravity; 3. Time Is Slowed Down by Gravity; 4. Relativity and the Universe; The Slowing of Time in General Relativity; The True Nature of Gravity in General Relativity
- Phenomena Discovered from General RelativityBending of Light (Gravitational Lensing) Near a Large Mass (Such as the Sun); Anomalous Perihelion Precession of Mercury; Black Holes; Global Positioning System and Relativity; Epilogue; Index