Relativity visualized

by Epstein, Lewis C.

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Title Statements

Full title :Relativity visualized / written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll Epstein.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1988.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Insight Press
Place of Publication:San Francisco, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1988.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 209, [24] pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:093521805X, 9780935218053
oclc:ocm19841370
LC Classification:QC173.57
Dewey Decimal:530.11

The principle of relativity : mostly on the history of ideas about motion -- The central problem : mostly about the speed of light -- Pandora's box : mostly about time desynchronization and its consequences -- Measuring the consequences : mostly about how to calculate the effect exactly -- The myths : mostly about why space shrinks, time slows, and why you don't go faster than light -- The big bang : mostly about the fireball radiation, the edge of the universe, and the cosmological principle as applied to the Big Bang cosmology -- The third leg : mostly about how speed affects mass -- E=mc² : mostly about the weight of energy and what mass is made of -- Enigma : mostly about changing the speed of light -- Cause of gravity : mostly about how curved spacetime makes gravity -- Space warped : mostly about how curved space makes gravity -- The ends of space and time : mostly about the rupturing and mending of heaven -- Appendices: Mostly about technical business.

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