Relativity and Common Sense
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.
Reprint of the original 1964 edition.
science; albert einstein; physics; math; common sense; introduction; illustrations; drawings; diagrams; applied physics; einsteins theories; applied mathematics; newton; newtonian ideas; time; force; momentum; rotation; sound; light; velocity; relativity; speed; acceleration; special theory of relativity; textbook; calculus; first principles; atomic physics$3.28
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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.
Reprint of the original 1964 edition.
science; albert einstein; physics; math; common sense; introduction; illustrations; drawings; diagrams; applied physics; einsteins theories; applied mathematics; newton; newtonian ideas; time; force; momentum; rotation; sound; light; velocity; relativity; speed; acceleration; special theory of relativity; textbook; calculus; first principles; atomic physics
