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:©2000.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Insight Press
  • Place of Publication:San Francisco, CA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2000.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 209 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocm47841888
  • LC Classification:QC173.55
  • Dewey Decimal:530.11

Table of Contents

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 myth: mostly about why space shrinks, time slows, and why you can'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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Subjects

Physics -- Philosophy Physique -- Philosophie Relativité (Physique) Relativity (Physics)

Writers

Epstein, Lewis C.

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