176 Pages
by
CRC Press
174 Pages
by
CRC Press
174 Pages
by
CRC Press
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"Relativity In our Time" is a book concerning the relevance of Einstein's theory to human relations in contemporary times. lt is physics and it is philosophy. lt is a discussion about one of the greatest of all pillars of 20th century thought and science. Based on a seminar course for a mixture of science and humanities students, the approach and narrative style leads the reader towards the... Read more
Introduction: a seminal idea - the principle of relativity; toward an abstract view of nature; Einstein's ideas of special relativity; the principle of relativity - from Galileo to Einstein; relative time and the twin paradox; the Mach Principle; the curvature of space-time; gravitation and crucial tests of general relativity; Faraday's unified field concept; the night sky; cosmology.
Biography
Sachs, Mendel
