Jeffrey Bennett

What Is Relativity?

An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is common knowledge that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet as bestselling author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don¿t suck. With that simple idea in hand, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein¿s theories, describing the amazing phenomena readers would actually experience if they took a trip through a black hole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780231167260
• ISBN-10: 0231167261
• Artikelnr.: 38478238

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Bennett

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction/Foreword: Einstein's Life
Part 1: Getting Started
1. Voyage to a Black Hole
Part 2: Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
2. Racing Light
3. Redefining Space and Time
4. A New Common Sense
Part 3: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
5. Newton's Absurdity
6. Redefining Gravity
Part 4: Implications of Relativity
7. Black Holes
8. The Expanding Universe
Epilogue: Your Indelible Mark on the Universe
Acknowledgments
Index

Rezensionen

"...Bennett's fun book shows readers what relativity means, and what it reveals about our universe." Publishers Weekly