Einstein's relativity : the ultimate key to the cosmos / Fred I. Cooperstock, Steven Tieu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooperstock, F. (Fred)

Contributor:

Tieu, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity (Physics)--Popular works.

Relativity (Physics).

Physics--Popular works.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Springer, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever been attempted before, using nothing more than grade-school algebra. Bondi's approach with spacetime diagrams is simplified and expanded, clarifying the famous asymmetric aging-of-twins paradox. Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, is simplified for the reader using spacetime diagrams. The theory is applied to important topics in physics such as gravitational waves, gravitational collapse and black holes, time machines, the relationship to the quantum world, galactic motions and cosmology.

Contents:

Preliminary Aspects of Classical Physics

A Simple Approach to Einstein's Special Relativity

Introducing Einstein's General Relativity

Testing Einstein’s General Relativity

Gravitational Waves and Energy-Momentum

The Universe According to Relativity

Spacetime Diagrams for General Relativity

The Motion of the Stars in the Galaxies

The Motion of Galaxies in Galaxy Clusters

Dark Energy

Time Machines, the Multiverse and Other Fantasies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-63025-7

9786613942708

3-642-30385-4

OCLC:

805561093