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As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were developed out of this need and have provided us with phenomenal, mind-twisting insights into the strange and exciting reality show of our universe....
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An ideal choice for undergraduate students of science and engineering, this book presents a thorough exploration of the basic concepts of relativity. The treatment provides more than the typical coverage of introductory texts, and it offers maximum flexibility since many sections may be used independently, in altered order, or omitted altogether. Numerous problems - most with hints and answers - make this volume ideal for supplementary reading and...
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Surely, you have heard the story of the astronaut coming back to earth, looking as young and fit as when he left, with everybody else on earth hardly being able to walk because of the years added to their age, as a result of the difference in how time passed on Earth as opposed to the time passing over the astronaut. Many would argue that this is just an illusion, when in fact, although not literally true, there is a scientific explanation for this:...
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In this stunning new volume, Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles, superstrings, the multiverse, the holographic principle, or the anthropic cosmological principle. These theories are not only untrue, it is not even science. It is fairy-tale physics: fantastical, bizarre and often outrageous, perhaps even confidence-trickery. This book...
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Les sujets de physique de base suivants sont présentés dans ce livre:Relativité galiléennecrise de la physique classiquethéorie de la relativité restreintethéorie de la relativité généraleastrophysique relativiste et cosmologietentatives d'unification et questions ouvertes
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Book is addressed to two different audiences: physics community; and non-scientists interested in physics. To accommodate non-scientists minimal math is used. Whenever it is used, it is accompanied with word descriptions to explain what it means. In addition, each chapter is preceded with simple non-math descriptions of what chapter is saying.
Main theme of book is that the machinery of gravity is all matter is accelerating forever. The book explores...
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By the year 1900, most of physics seemed to be encompassed in the two great theories of Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. Unfortunately, there were inconsistencies between the two theories that seemed irreconcilable. Although many physicists struggled with the problem, it took the genius of Einstein to see that the inconsistencies were concerned not merely with mechanics and electromagnetism, but with our most elementary...
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With its answers to questions such as What is time? and What is space?, this clear, nontechnical treatment makes the principles of relativity more accessible to the general reader. The author gradually introduces Einstein's theory in terms of familiar concepts from high school-level geometry, utilizing more than 60 drawings to illuminate profound yet often simple ideas.
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An exposition of an alternative rendering of the theory of relativity, this volume is the work of the distinguished English mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead. Suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, its three-part treatment begins with an overview of general principles that may be described as mainly philosophical in character. Part II is devoted to physical applications and chiefly concerns the particular...
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Since the publication of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, the discovery of such astronomical phenomena as quasars, pulsars, and black holes - all intimately connected to relativity - has provoked a tremendous upsurge of interest in the subject. This volume, a revised version of Martin Gardner's earlier Relativity for the Million, brings this fascinating topic up to date. Witty, perceptive, and easily accessible to the general reader,...
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Get the Summary of Michael D. Fayer's Absolutely Small in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Absolutely Small" by Michael D. Fayer delves into the realm of quantum theory, explaining how it revolutionized our understanding of the physical world, particularly the concept of size and its relation to observable phenomena like color. The book distinguishes between classical and quantum mechanics, using Schrödinger's...
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About 30 independent arguments on 15 subjects prove that relativity and big bang theories are completely wrong. It is shown that all evidences of relativity theory are wrong or misunderstood, and redshifts of starlight in big bang theory can occur enough near the stars
Lorentz transformation, the core of special relativity, and RT=To in big bang theory are the comedies, and the principle of equivalence in general relativity is obviously misapplied...
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Borel was born the son of Honoré, a pastor, and Emilie Teissié-Solier Borel, in the French town of Saint-Affrique on January 7, 1871. His was a world heavily influenced by the recent humiliation of the Franco-Prussian War, and on a personal level, Borel, as the younger brother of two sisters, had to fight to distinguish himself. Distinction came early, however, with an invitation to study at several prestigious preparatory schools in Paris. Borel...
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Brian Greene is professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University. He is the author of the best-selling The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos.
In 1921, five years after the appearance of his comprehensive paper on general relativity and twelve years before he left Europe permanently to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Albert Einstein visited Princeton University, where he delivered the Stafford Little Lectures for...
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Based on the ideas of Einstein and Minkowski, this concise treatment is derived from the author's many years of teaching the mathematics of relativity at the University of Michigan. Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics, the text covers old physics, new geometry, special relativity, curved space, and general relativity. Beginning with a discussion of the inverse square law in terms of simple calculus, the treatment...
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A pair of eminent Russian theoretical physicists offer a captivating view of the paradoxes inherent to the special theory of relativity. Written in a straightforward fashion, the text uses familiar objects (e.g., trains, rulers, and clocks) to illuminate the more subtle and elusive aspects of relativity. 23 illustrations. 1959 edition.
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A qualitative overview of the foundational principles of relativity, including historical development of concepts of relativity from the time of Galileo.This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in the history of development of special and general relativity. It should provide a working knowledge of the main ideas, able to stand on its own, or form the basis for further study. The content discussed could support the Scottish Qualifications Authority's...
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An internationally famous physicist and electrical engineer, the author of this text was a pioneer in the investigation of gravitational waves. Joseph Weber's General Relativity and Gravitational Waves offers a classic treatment of the subject. Appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this text remains ever relevant. Brief but thorough in its introduction to the foundations of general relativity, it also examines the elements...
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A renowned astrophysicist's approachable introduction to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and its application in our daily lives.
It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's...
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Amelia, una chica universitaria, es receptiva a los eventos paranormales. Una vez escribió un artículo para la revista de su universidad donde afirma que a veces escucha voces del futuro. Stephen, el profesor de Física, lee el artículo y lo comenta con su esposa Isabella.
Isabella dice que Amelia es su paciente, que sufre de fobia a la sangre. Esta fue la razón por la que se salta el laboratorio de zoología y la clase de disección. Fue admitida...
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