Screen LibraryThe geometry of time
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Physics textbook
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527618712 |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241). |
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9783527618712 3527618716 |
| Index Number: | QA471EB |
| CLC: | O412.1 |
| Contents: | The world of space and time -- Reflection and collision -- The relativity principle of mechanics and wave propagation -- Relativity theory and its paradoxes -- The circle disguised as hyperbola -- Curvature -- The projective origin of the geometries of the plane -- The nine geometries of the plane -- General remarks. |