Spacetime & Relativity
Published on 15. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-907155-63-5 (ISBN)
Description
Why does time pass more slowly when you travel fast? Do speeding objects really get shorter and heavier? How can you reach a star which is four lights years away in only three years? Is space really curved? In this brilliant little book, illustrated with numerous worked examples and helpful original diagrams, physicist Oliver Linton reveals the truly astonishing nature of the spacetime continuum we all inhabit. If you have ever wanted to think like Einstein, this is the book for you.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Powys
United Kingdom
Illustrations
100
Dimensions
Height: 150 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
86 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907155-63-5 (9781907155635)
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Person
Oliver Linton has had a life-long interest in computers and played a significant role in the development of the use of personal computers in education. He is also author of Fractals, Mathematical Functions and Numbers in this series.