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Reimagining time : a light-speed tour of Einstein's theory of relativity / Tanya Bub and Jeffrey Bub.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bub, Tanya, author.
- Bub, Jeffrey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Relativity (Physics)--Popular works.
- Relativity (Physics).
- Special relativity (Physics).
- Space and time.
- General relativity (Physics).
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Einstein, Albert.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A quirky, funny, and accessible blend of science and art that delves into the heart of Einstein’s theory of relativity It was a link to his 1905 paper—an early attempt at explaining his revolutionary ideas on space, time, and matter—that drew Tanya Bub into Albert Einstein’s imaginative vision of the world. What particularly struck her was how Einstein interwove words and math to create clear visuals illustrating his theories. As an artist, she naturally started doodling as she worked her way through his concepts, creating drawings that intuitively demonstrated Einstein’s core principles. In Reimagining Time Tanya Bub teams up with her father, the distinguished physicist Jeffrey Bub, to create a quirky and accessible take on one of science’s most revolutionary discoveries. Blending original art and text, they guide readers through Einstein’s theory of special relativity to expose truths about our universe: time is relative, lengths get shorter with motion, energy and mass are interchangeable, and the Universe has a speed limit.
- Contents:
- Preface: The story of the book, with reading tips
- Introduction: Light goes at one speed ...
- Episode I: So time has to be relative ...
- Episode II: As does simultaneity, which means lengths must contract with motion ...
- Episode III: By a very particular amount ...
- Episode IV: Revealing the exchange rate between energy and mass (E = mc[sup(2)])
- Bonus Feature: The chicken or the egg? A take on Einstein's twin paradox
- Geek Notes: For the skeptical relativist.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-25831-3
- OCLC:
- 1244630721
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