Gravity for the Not So Gifted - Fakineos, Anthony
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Can someone who has no mathematical background understand gravity? I don't think so. What about someone who has studied maths at high school level only? They can handle Special Relativity with the level of maths they already have, but when it comes to General Relativity, it isn't enough. Either learn about tensors, or give up. A third option is offered in this book, which deals with gravity using Special Relativity only. This requires an unusual approach, and I would be surprised if the developmental procedures used in Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be found elsewhere. There is a remark attributed to…mehr

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Can someone who has no mathematical background understand gravity? I don't think so. What about someone who has studied maths at high school level only? They can handle Special Relativity with the level of maths they already have, but when it comes to General Relativity, it isn't enough. Either learn about tensors, or give up. A third option is offered in this book, which deals with gravity using Special Relativity only. This requires an unusual approach, and I would be surprised if the developmental procedures used in Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be found elsewhere. There is a remark attributed to the physicist Richard Feynman which made an impression on me when I first came across it many years ago. No exact quote is available, but the essence of what he said is this: If you can't find a way to explain something without resorting to technical terms or concepts unfamiliar to the person you are explaining it to, then you don't really understand it yourself. The challenge was to deal with this topic, bearing in mind the targeted reader, in a way that remains faithful to this view. So I sincerely hope that after reading this book, you understand something about gravity. Because if you still don't get it, then I probably don't get it.
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Anthony Fakineos studied science at Melbourne University and obtained his BSc (Hons) degree in physics in 1977. He then found employment at a private school but decided that the public school system was more to his liking, and spent the major part of his many years of teaching there. Now retired, he has more time to travel and to undertake ""handy-man"" type activities, things he has always enjoyed. And of course there is more time to think about his lifelong interest, Relativity. Anthony lives in Melbourne, Australia.