Einstein's mirror / Tony Hey, Patrick Walters.
Einstein's mirror / Tony Hey, Patrick Walters.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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T0386150
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. A revolution in time -- 2. The nature of light -- 3. Light and time -- 4. The ultimate speed -- 5. E = mc[superscript 2] -- 6. Matter and anti-matter -- 7. Little Boy and Fat Man: relativity in action -- 8. Down to earth -- 9. Warped space -- 10. The Big Bang, black holes and unified fields -- 11...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
The young Einstein was haunted by a strange thought: would his image appear in a mirror whilst he and the mirror were moving at the speed of light? His questions were resolved with the creation of the theory of special relativity. Einstein's Mirror is a book on relativity with a difference. Following the successful format of their earlier book, The...
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Einstein's mirror / Tony Hey, Patrick Walters.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and indexes.
Transferred from N530.11/92.
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T0386150
Record Identifier
74VvPj40pG6y
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ISBN
0521435323
9780521435048
0521435048
9780521435321
DDC
530.11
MMS ID
991005695629702626
