A most incomprehensible thing : notes towards a very gentle introduction to the mathematics of relativity
By: Collier, Peter.
Publisher: Incomprehensible Books 2014Edition: 2nd.Description: 339p.ISBN: 9780957389458.Subject(s): Relativity (Physics) -- Mathematics | General relativity (Physics)DDC classification: 530.11 | C69m2| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This book is aimed at the enthusiastic general reader who wants to move beyond the maths-lite popularisations in order to tackle the essential mathematics of Einstein's fascinating theories of special and general relativity. One of the cornerstones of modern physics, relativity is based on the concept of four-dimensional spacetime - curved in the vicinity of mass-energy, flat in its absence. Special relativity helps explain a huge range of non-gravitational physical phenomena and has some strangely counter-intuitive (in plain English: very weird) consequences. These include time dilation, length contraction, the relativity of simultaneity, mass-energy equivalence and an absolute speed limit. General relativity, a theory of gravity, is at the heart of our understanding of cosmology and black holes.
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