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Six not-so-easy pieces : Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time / Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feynman, Richard P., author.
- Leighton, Robert B., author.
- Sands, Matthew L. (Matthew Linzee), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symmetry (Physics).
- Special relativity (Physics).
- Space and time.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Basic Books, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity. No one--not even Einstein himself--explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Feynman.
- Contents:
- 1. Vectors
- 2. Symmetry in physical laws
- 3. The special theory of relativity
- 4. Relativistic energy and momentum
- 5. Space-time
- 6. Curved space.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-07293-9
- 9786613072931
- 0-465-02528-5
- OCLC:
- 712015997
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