Author :
Publisher : Insight Press, Incorporated
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN :
Perfect for those interested in physics but who are not physicists or mathematicians, this book makes relativity so simple that a child can understand it. By replacing equations with diagrams, the book allows non-specialist readers to fully understand the concepts in relativity without the slow, painful progress so often associated with a complicated scientific subject. It allows readers not only to know how relativity works, but also to intuitively understand it.
Author : Lewis Carroll Epstein
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780935218039
Relativity Visualized is the "layman's" guide to relativity, using a highly illustrated and non-mathematical approach to describe accurately the Special and General Theories of Relativity.
Author : N. David Mermin
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 1979
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Stan Gibilisco
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486266596
Clear, concise exposition of both the special and general theories of relativity, intended for nonscientific readers with a knowledge of high school math. Topics include simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, the possibility of travel to a distant star, non-Euclidean geometries, black holes, and the structure of the universe. 158 illustrations.
Author : David M. Wittman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191633232
Relativity has much to offer for a well-rounded education. Yet books on relativity either assume a strong background in physics and math, aimed at advanced physics students, or, alternatively, offer a broad description with little intellectual challenge. This book bridges the gap. It aims at readers with essentially no physics or math background, who still find it rewarding to think rigorously. The book takes a "thinking tools" approach, by first making readers comfortable with a new thinking tool and then applying it to learn more about how nature works. By the end of the book, readers will have collected a versatile toolbox and will be comfortable using the tools to think about and really understand the intriguing phenomena they may have only heard about, including the twin paradox, black holes, and time travel. End-of-chapter exercises span a range of difficulty, allowing adventurous readers to stretch their understanding further as desired. Students who have studied, or are studying, relativity at a more mathematical level will also find the book useful for a more conceptual understanding.
Author : Lewis C. Epstein
Publisher : Insight Press (San Francisco, CA)
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN :
En række spørgsmål med svar indenfor bl.a. el-lære, magnetisme, bevægelse, varme, væsker, lys, tyngdekraft, energi, svingninger og atomfysik. Bogen forudsætter viden om fysik
Author : Yury Deshko
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 303091142X
This textbook introduces the special theory of relativity at a level which is accessible to undergraduate students and even high school students with a strong foundation in algebra. The presentation emphasizes clean algebraic and geometrical methods, visualized with plenty of illustrations, resulting in a textbook that is modern and serious yet accessible. Replete with many solved exercises and copious spacetime diagrams, this book will help students develop relativistic intuition when encountering the subject for the first time. The emphasis on geometric methods, combined with the pedagogically appealing k-calculus approach, makes this book ideal for a self-contained course on special relativity or as supplementary reading for modern physics courses. It will also appeal to high schoolers with a strong math background who want to get ahead.
Author : Tristan Needham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198534464
This radical first course on complex analysis brings a beautiful and powerful subject to life by consistently using geometry (not calculation) as the means of explanation. Aimed at undergraduate students in mathematics, physics, and engineering, the book's intuitive explanations, lack of advanced prerequisites, and consciously user-friendly prose style will help students to master the subject more readily than was previously possible. The key to this is the book's use of new geometric arguments in place of the standard calculational ones. These geometric arguments are communicated with the aid of hundreds of diagrams of a standard seldom encountered in mathematical works. A new approach to a classical topic, this work will be of interest to students in mathematics, physics, and engineering, as well as to professionals in these fields.
Author : Leo Sartori
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 35,39 MB
Release : 1996-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520916247
Nonspecialists with no prior knowledge of physics and only reasonable proficiency with algebra can now understand Einstein's special theory of relativity. Effectively diagrammed and with an emphasis on logical structure, Leo Sartori's rigorous but simple presentation will guide interested readers through concepts of relative time and relative space. Sartori covers general relativity and cosmology, but focuses on Einstein's theory. He tracks its history and implications. He explores illuminating paradoxes, including the famous twin paradox, the "pole-in-the-barn" paradox, and the Loedel diagram, which is an accessible, graphic approach to relativity. Students of the history and philosophy of science will welcome this concise introduction to the central concept of modern physics.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486315614
One of the subject's clearest, most entertaining introductions offers lucid explanations of special and general theories of relativity, gravity, and spacetime, models of the universe, and more. 100 illustrations.
