Spacetime Physics
Introduction to Special Relativity
2nd Edition
Published on 15. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-7167-2327-1 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
312 p.
Dimensions
Height: 8259 mm
Width: 835 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7167-2327-1 (9780716723271)
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Previous edition
Edwin F. Taylor | John Archibald Wheeler
Spacetime Physics
Book
04/1992
2nd Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€54.65
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Content
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.