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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
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.