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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Egile nagusia: Sartori, Leo
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
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Argitaratua: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1996.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pph8q
Aurkibidea:
  • 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.