Very Special Relativity - An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Published by Amsterdam University Press Amsterdam / Harvard University Press, London, 2007
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- Title
- Very Special Relativity - An Illustrated Guide
- Author
- BAIS, Sander
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Amsterdam / Harvard University Press, London
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- HARDCOVER
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 067402611X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674026117
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, first published in 1905, radically changed our understanding of the world. Familiar notions of space and time and energy were turned on their head, and our struggle with Einstein's counterintuitive explanation of these concepts was under way. The task is no easier today than it was a hundred years ago, but in this book Sander Bais has found an original and uniquely effective way to convey the fundamental ideas of Einstein's Special Theory.
Bais's previous book, The Equations, was widely read and roundly praised for its clear and commonsense explanation of the math in physics. Very Special Relativity brings the same accessible approach to Einstein's theory. Using a series of easy-to-follow diagrams and employing only elementary high school geometry, Bais conducts readers through the quirks and quandaries of such fundamental concepts as simultaneity, causality, and time dilation. The diagrams also illustrate the difference between the Newtonian view, in which time was universal, and the Einsteinian, in which the speed of light is universal.
Following Bais's straightforward sequence of simple, commonsense arguments, readers can tinker with the theory and its great paradoxes and, finally, arrive at a truly deep understanding of Einstein's interpretation of space and time. An intellectual journey into the heart of the Special Theory, the book offers an intimate look at the terms and ideas that define our reality.
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