What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
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 theories of relativity, describing the amazing phenomena readers would actually experience if they took a trip to a black hole. The theory of relativity also reveals the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit, the mind-bending ideas of time dilation and curvature of spacetime, and what may be the most famous equation in hist…
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- ISBN: 978-0-231-16727-7
- EAN: 9780231167277
- Produktnummer: 18099058
- Verlag: Columbia Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.5 cm 288 g
- Gewicht: 288
Über den Autor
Jeffrey Bennett, winner of the 2013 American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award, holds a BA. in biophysics from the University of California, San Diego, and an MS and Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the lead author of best-selling textbooks in astronomy, astrobiology, mathematics, and statistics and has written numerous award-winning books for the general public and children.
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