Spacetime physics : introduction to special relativity

Author(s)

• Taylor, Edwin F.
• Wheeler, John Archibald

Bibliographic Information

Spacetime physics : introduction to special relativity

Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler

W.H. Freeman, c1992

2nd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written by two of the field's true pioneers, Spacetime Physics can extend and enhance coverage of specialty relativity in the classroom. This thoroughly up-to-date, highly accessible overview covers microgravity, collider accelerators, satellite probes, neutron detectors, radioastronomy, and pulsars. The chapter on general relativity with new material on gravity waves, black holes, and cosmology.

Table of Contents

Spacetime: Overview.- Floating Free.- Laws for All.- Special Topic: Lorenz Transformation.- Trip to Canopus.- Trekking Through Spacetime.- Regions of Spacetime.- Momenergy .- Collide. Create. Annihilate..- Gravity: Curved Spacetime in Action.- Index .- Answers to Odd-numbered Exercises.

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Details

• NCID: BA18567948
• ISBN:
  • 0716723271
• LCCN: 92000722
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 312 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC173.65
  • DC20 : 530.1/1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Special relativity (Physics)