The Adventure of Physics - Vol. II Relativity

This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. Curiosity about how people, animals, things, images and empty space move leads to many adven- tures. This volume presents the best of them in the domains of relativity and cosmology. In the study of motion – physics – special a...

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Main Author: Schiller, Christoph (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Motion Mountain [1990]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Maximum Speed, Observers At Rest And Motion Of Light
  • 2 Relativistic Mechanics
  • 3 Special Relativity In Four Sentences
  • 4 Simple General Relativity: Gravitation, Maximum Speed And Maximum Force
  • 5 How Maximum Speed Changes Space, Time And Gravity
  • 6 Open Orbits, Bent Light And Wobbling Vacuum
  • 7 From Curvature To Motion
  • 8 Why Can We See The Stars? – Motion In The Universe
  • 9 Black Holes – Falling Forever
  • 10 Does Space Differ From Time?
  • 11 General Relativity In A Nutshell – A Summary For The Layman