Relativity and Common Sense: A New Approach to Einstein
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Publication Date: March 16th, 2012
Publisher:
Dover Publications
ISBN:
9780486240213
Pages:
192
Description
This radically reoriented and popular presentation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity derives its concepts from Newtonian ideas rather than by opposing them. Sir Hermann Bondi explains the concepts of force, momentum, rotation, sound, and light and their relation to velocity. He then demonstrates that time is relative rather than absolute, that high speeds affect the nature of time, and that acceleration affects speed, time, and mass. Very little mathematics is required, and 60 illustrations augment the text.