Screen LibraryRelativity : a very short introduction /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Very short introductions ;
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 114 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780199236220 (paperback) : 0199236224 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QC173 |
| CLC: | O412.1 |
| Call Number: | O412.1/S789 |
| Contents: | Special relativity. The principle of relativity and the speed of light ; Time dilation ; The twin paradox ; Length contraction ; Loss of simultaneity ; Space-time diagrams ; Four-dimensional spacetime ; The ultimate speed ; E = mc[superscript 2] -- General relativity ; The equivalence principle ; The effects on time of acceleration and gravity ; The twin paradox revisited ; The bending of light ; Curved space ; Black holes ; Gravitational waves ; The universe. |