Relativity VisualizedPerfect for those interested in physics but who are not physicists or mathematicians, this book makes relativity so simple that a child can understand it. By replacing equations with diagrams, the book allows non-specialist readers to fully understand the concepts in relativity without the slow, painful progress so often associated with a complicated scientific subject. It allows readers not only to know how relativity works, but also to intuitively understand it. |
Contents
Table of Contents | 1 |
In the Day of the Æther | 8 |
Summary | 14 |
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acceleration æther alien measures Answer The answer atoms beam Big Bang bounces bullet ceive circle clock travels cone conical surface coordinate cosmic speedometer cylinder Danny's desynchronization direction of motion distance dynamic mass earth effect Einstein equal equation ergy ERSITY fall Figure fist flag ship flash flat foot-pound force galaxies Galileo Galileo's Dictum Gedanken experiment goes gravity hole idea impedo increased inside lead ship light clock light waves meas mile per hour mirror momentum moving through space myth nose object particles passing path pawls perceived photon physics Principle of Relativity proper mass punch rear ship rest mass riding right ascension running SAN DIEGO sealed box shows shrink simultaneously sketch slow space contract space dimensions spacecraft spacetime diagram spacetime surface speed of light speed through space stars stationary stick straight Suppose tail takes theory thing tion track twins UNIVERSITY velocity warp watch wrinkles zero