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Very special relativity : an illustrated guide
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Very special relativity : an illustrated guide

Author: Sander Bais
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Bais's previous book, The Equations, was widely read and roundly praised for its clear and commonsense explanation of the math in physics. Very Special Relativity brings the same accessible approach to Einstein's theory. Using a series of easy-to-follow diagrams and employing only elementary high school geometry, Bais conducts readers through the quirks and quandaries of such fundamental concepts as simultaneity,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Miscellanea
Pictorial works
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sander Bais
ISBN: 9780674026117 067402611X
OCLC Number: 85814143
Description: 120 p. : col. ill. ; 18 x 20 cm.
Contents: Basic principles --
The relativity of simultaneity --
Causality --
Dilations and contractions --
A geometric interlude --
Energy and momentum --
The conservation laws --
Beyond special relativity.
Responsibility: Sander Bais.
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Employing a series of diagrams and only elementary high school geometry, this book helps readers with fundamental concepts such as simultaneity, causality, and time dilation. It includes diagrams that  Read more...

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