Inside Relativity / / Thomas Vargish, Delo E. Mook.
Here a physicist and a professor of literature guide general readers through the ideas that revolutionized our conception of the physical universe.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©1987 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1: THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE: POSING MODELS -- CHAPTER 2: THE CLASSICAL BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER 3: THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY -- CHAPTER 4: SOME CONSEQUENCES OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY -- CHAPTER 5: THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY -- CHAPTER 6: COSMOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF GENERAL RELATIVITY -- CODA -- APPENDIX A: THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS AND MINKOWSKI DIAGRAMS -- APPENDIX B: EXPLANATION OF RULES I AND II FOR SOLVING THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS IN MINKOWSKI DIAGRAMS -- APPENDIX C: THE TROUBLE WITH TACHYONS -- APPENDIX D: MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index |
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Summary: | Here a physicist and a professor of literature guide general readers through the ideas that revolutionized our conception of the physical universe. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780691187419 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780691187419?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas Vargish, Delo E. Mook. |