ABC of Relativity

ISBN-13: 9781138834682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 150 str.

III Bertrand Russell

Opis

As relevant today as it was on first publication, the 'ABC of Relativity' is a masterwork of scientific popularisation and an accessible introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity.

Recenzje

‘An ideal introduction to the theories of special and general relativity’ - Nature.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction 1. Touch and Sight: The Earth and the Heavens 2. What Happens and What is Observed 3. The Velocity of Light 4. Clocks and Foot-rules 5. Space-Time 6. The Special Theory of Relativity 7. Intervals in Space-Time 8. Einstein’s Law of Gravitation 9. Proofs of Einstein’s Law of Graviation 10. Mass, Momentum, Energy, and Action 11. The Expanding Universe 12. Conventions and Natural Laws 13. The Abolution of ‘Force’ 14. What is Matter? 15. Physical Consequences Index

O autorze

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician, Russell was and remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.