An Illustrated Guide to Relativity - Hardcover

Takeuchi, Tatsu

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9780521763943: An Illustrated Guide to Relativity

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521763940 ISBN 13: 9780521763943

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Aimed at both physics students and non-science majors, this unique book explains Einstein's special theory of relativity pictorially, using diagrams rather than equations. The diagrams guide the reader, step-by-step, from the basics of relativity to advanced topics including the addition of velocities, Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the twin paradox, Doppler shift, and Einstein's famous equation E=mc�. The distinctive figures throughout the book enable the reader to visualize the theory in a way that cannot be fully conveyed through equations alone. The illustrative explanations in this book maintain the logic and rigour necessary for physics students, yet are simple enough to be understood by non-scientists. The book also contains entertaining problems which challenge the reader's understanding of the materials covered.

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This unique book explains Einstein's special theory of relativity pictorially, using diagrams rather than equations. It maintains the logic and rigor necessary for physics students, yet is simple enough to be understood by non-scientists. The book also contains entertaining problems which challenge the reader's understanding of the materials covered.

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"...a delightful book which uses spacetime diagrams to teach the basic features of special relativity. The abundant illustrations form a great complement to the equations that appear in many texts. The author's cartoons are charming, and hold the reader's attention - indeed, the material can in principle be learned directly from the figures and annotations without referring to the main text at all." Don Marolf, University of California, Santa Barbara

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