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by Clement V. Durell
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ISBN: 0486432572 Dover Publications Price: $10.95 |
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Concise and practical, this text by a renowned teacher sketches the mathematical background essential to understanding the fundamentals of relativity theory. Subjects include the velocity of light, measurement of time and distance, and properties of mass and momentum, with numerous diagrams, formulas, and examples, plus exercises and solutions. 1960 edition.
Table of Contents for Readable Relativity
| 1. The Progress of Science | |||||||
| 2. Alice Through the Looking-Glass | |||||||
| 3. The Velocity of Light | |||||||
| 4. Clocks | |||||||
| 5. Algebraic Relations | |||||||
| 6. Separation of Events | |||||||
| 7. The Fourth Dimension | |||||||
| 8. Mass and Momentum | |||||||
| 9. General Relativity | |||||||
| 10. The Einstein Tests | |||||||
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