Understanding relativity : a simplified approach to Einstein's theories /

This extraordinary guide makes Einstein's theory of relativity accessible to readers with a minimum knowledge of physics and algebra. Through effective diagrams and an emphasis on the logical structure of the theory, Leo Sartori clearly presents the relativistic concepts of time, space, and ene...

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Autore principale: Sartori, Leo
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1996.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pph8q
Sommario:
  • ch. 1. Galilean relativity
  • ch. 2. Michelson-Morley experiment
  • ch. 3. Postulates of relativity and their implications
  • ch. 4. Lorentz transformation
  • ch. 5. Space-time diagrams
  • ch. 6. Paradoxes of relativity
  • ch. 7. Relativistic mechanics
  • ch. 8. General relativity
  • ch. 9. Cosmology.