Relativity
A Very Short Introduction
$28.86
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2008
Summary
100 years ago, Einstein’s theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: if you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier; travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be squashed thinner than a CD without feeling a thing - and live for ever. And that was just the Special Theory. With the General Theory came even stranger ideas of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199236220 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199236224 |
| Author: | Russell Stannard |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 117g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 117mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Russell Stannard
Russell Stannard is Emeritus Professor of Physics at The Open University where for 21 years he headed the Physics Department. A high energy nuclear physicist, he has carried out research at CERN and Geneva, as well as other laboratories in the USA and Europe. Among his awards he has the OBE, he received the Bragg Medal from the Institute of Physics, and been made Fellow of University College London. A prolific writer for both adults and children, his books are translated into 20 languages and have been shortlisted for many scientific book prizes. He is perhaps best known for his Uncle Albert books which explain relativity and quantum mechanics for young people.
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