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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.     Subjects     Special relativity (Physics)     Symmetry (Physics)     Space and time.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.       by title:      Six not-so-easy piec...         MARC Display

Six not-so-easy pieces : Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time / Richard P. Feynman, with Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands ; introduction by Roger Penrose. by Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988. New York : Basic Books, c2011. Subjects Special relativity (Physics)   Symmetry (Physics)   Space and time. ISBN:  9780465025268 0465025269 Description:  xxvii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents:  Vectors. Symmetry in physics ; Translations ; Rotations ; Vectors ; Vector algebra ; Newton's laws in vector notation ; Scalar product of vectors -- Symmetry in Physical Laws. Symmetry operations ; Symmetry in space and time ; Symmetry and conservation laws ; Mirror reflections ; Polar and axial vectors ; Which hand is right? ; Parity is not conserved! ; Antimatter ; Broken symmetries -- The Special Theory of Relativity ; The principle of relativity ; The Lorentz transformation ; The Michelson-Morley experiment ; Transformation of time ; The Lorentz contraction ; Simultaneity ; Four-vectors ; Relativistic dynamics ; Equivalence of mass and energy ; Relativistic Energy and Momentum. Relativity and the philosophers ; The twin paradox ; Transformation of velocities ; Relativistic mass ; Relativistic energy ; Space-Time. The geometry of space-time ; Space-time intervals ; Past, present, and future ; More about four-vectors ; Four-vector algebra ; Curved Space. Curved spaces with two dimensions ; Curvature in three-dimensional space ; Our space is curved ; Geometry in space-time ; Gravity and the principle of equivalence ; The speed of clocks in a gravitational field ; The curvature of space-time ; Motion in curved space-time ; Einstein's theory of gravitation. Requests:  0 Summary:  " ... In the challenging 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces', Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity ..."--Page 4 of cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.11 Fe Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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