It's About Time : Understanding Einstein's Relativity /

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"This readable and complete exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's special theory of relativity is accessible to readers without training in the sciences. Published on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's famous 1905 paper, it assumes only competency in simple high...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mermin, N. David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spezielle Relativitätstheorie.
Special relativity (Physics)
Zeit
Spezielle Relativitätstheorie
Raum
Physik
Relativite restreinte (Physique)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The principle of relativity
  • Combining (small) velocities
  • The speed of light
  • Combining (any) velocities
  • Simultaneous events; synchronized clocks
  • Moving clocks run slowly; moving sticks shrink
  • Looking at a moving clock
  • The interval between events
  • Trains of rockets
  • Space-time geometry
  • E = Mc²
  • A bit about general relativity
  • What makes it happen?.

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