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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Wittman, David M., author.     Subjects     Relativity (Physics)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wittman, David M., author.       by title:      The elements of rela...         MARC Display

The elements of relativity / David M. Wittman, University of California, Davis. by Wittman, David M., author. Oxford : : New York : Oxford University Press, 2018 Subjects Relativity (Physics) ISBN:  9780199658633 (hardback) 0199658633 (hardback) 9780199658640 (paperback) : 0199658641 (paperback) Description:  xviii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  1. A First Look at Relativity -- 2. Acceleration and Force -- 3. Galilean Relativity -- 4. Reasoning with Frames and Spacetime Diagrams -- 5. The Speed of Light -- 6. Time Slow -- 7. Time Dilation and Length Contraction -- 8. Special Relativity: Putting it All Together -- 9. Doppler Effect and Velocity Addition Law -- 10. The Twin Paradox -- 11. Spacetime Geometry -- 12. Energy and Momentum -- 13. The Equivalence Principle -- 14. Gravity Reframed -- 15. Potential -- 16. Newtonian Gravity -- 17. Orbits -- 18. General Relativity and the Schwarzschild Metric -- 19. Beyond the Schwarschild Metric -- 20. Black Holes. Requests:  0 Summary:  This undergraduate textbook introduces relativity to a non-technical audience. The "thinking tools" approach allows readers to understand at a much deeper level than popular treatments, and end-of-chapter problems (always lacking in popular books) help build and cement that understanding.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 530.11 Wi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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