Understanding Relativity : A Simplified Approach to Einstein's Theories / Leo Sartori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sartori, Leo, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1996]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. GALILEAN RELATIVITY

2. THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT

3. THE POSTULATES OF RELATIVITY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS

4. THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION

5. SPACE-TIME DIAGRAMS

6. PARADOXES OF RELATIVITY

7. RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS

8. GENERAL RELATIVITY

9. COSMOLOGY

PROBLEMS

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612354991

9780520916241

0520916247

9780585055176

0585055173

9781282354999

128235499X

OCLC:

630528679