Time and Age: Time Machines, Relativity and Fossils - Couverture rigide

Woolfson, Michael Mark

 
9781783265831: Time and Age: Time Machines, Relativity and Fossils
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1783265833 ISBN 13 : 9781783265831
Editeur : Imperial College Press, 2015

Synopsis

Time and Age explores how time is defined by man. It follows the development of our means for measuring time from early methods using the flow of water or the steady burning of candles through to the atomic clock that records time with incredible precision.

The classical idea of time as something that progresses at a uniform rate and as something that is the same to all observers was overturned by Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The conclusions coming from this theory are described, including the anti-intuitive twin paradox where one twin, returning from a journey to a distant star, is younger than his twin brother.

Also covered is how age can be determined in a wide range of situations, such as how we work out the age of the Universe to how we calculate the age of artefacts that are just a few centuries old.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Time and Age explores how time is defined by man. It follows the development of our means for measuring time from early methods using the flow of water or the steady burning of candles through to the atomic clock that records time with incredible precision.

The classical idea of time as something that progresses at a uniform rate and as something that is the same to all observers was overturned by Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The conclusions coming from this theory are described, including the anti-intuitive twin paradox where one twin, returning from a journey to a distant star, is younger than his twin brother.

Also covered is how age can be determined in a wide range of situations, such as how we work out the age of the Universe to how we calculate the age of artefacts that are just a few centuries old.

Revue de presse

The book includes many illustrations to aid in explanations. Broad in scope, the book will interest readers seeking a brief introduction to a variety of topics in the history of science. --CHOICE Connect

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Éditeur
Imperial College Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1783265833
ISBN 13 
9781783265831
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
250
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781783265848: Time And Age: Time Machines, Relativity And Fossils

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1783265841 ISBN 13 :  9781783265848
Editeur : Icp, 2015
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