Introducing Relativity - Couverture souple

Bassett, Bruce; Edney, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840463724 ISBN 13 : 9781840463729

Editeur : Icon Books, 2002

Synopsis

A superlative, fascinating graphic account of Albert Einstein's strange world and how his legacy has been built upon since.

It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, Introducing Relativity plots a visually accessible course through the thought experiments that have given shape to contemporary physics.

Scientists from Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking add their unique contributions to this story, as we encounter Einstein's astounding vision of gravity as the curvature of space-time and arrive at the breathtakingly beautiful field equations. Einstein's legacy is reviewed in the most advanced frontiers of physics today - black holes, gravitational waves, the accelerating universe and string theory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bruce Bassett is a cosmologist and lecturer at the University of Cape Town and the South African Astronomical Observatory.

Ralph Edney trained as a mathematician, and has worked as a teacher, journalist, illustrator and political cartoonist. He has illustrated a number of Introducing titles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Icon Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1840463724
• ISBN 13: 9781840463729
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Illustrateur: Edney Ralph