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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9783319005874 |
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978-3-319-00587-4 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QC178 |
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| Classification number |
QC173.5-173.65 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
530.1 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 264 #1 - |
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Heidelberg : |
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Springer International Publishing : |
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Imprint: Springer, |
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2013. |
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fischer, Kurt. |
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author. |
| 245 10 - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE |
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| Title |
Relativity for Everyone |
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[electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title |
How Space-Time Bends / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Kurt Fischer. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
XIII, 129 p. 114 illus., 2 illus. in color. |
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online resource. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Light, matter, and energy -- Light, time, mass, and length -- Light, electricity, and magnetism -- Acceleration and inertia -- Inertia and gravity -- Equivalence principle in action -- How mass creates gravity -- Solving the Einstein equation of gravity -- General Relativity in action -- Epilogue -- Appendices. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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This book explains the theory of special and general relativity in detail, without digressions such as information on Einstein's life or the historical background. However, complicated calculations are replaced with figures and thought experiments, the text being formulated in such a way that the reader will be able to understand the gist intuitively. The first part of the book focuses on the essentials of special relativity. Explanations are provided of the famous equivalence between mass and energy and of why Einstein was able to use the theory of electrodynamics as a template for his "electrodynamics of moving bodies", simply because besides the speed of light, the electric charge itself is also absolute, leading to the relativity of other physical quantities. General relativity is then introduced, mainly with the help of thought experiments. Reference is made to the previously introduced special relativity and the equivalence principle and, using many figures, it is explained how space-time is bending under gravity. The climax of the book comes with the Einstein equations of gravity that describe the way in which matter bends space-time. The reader is shown how to obtain the famous Schwarzschild solution. There follows a numerically correct and yet intuitive explanation of the classic effects such as light bending or the movement of the perihelion. The book concludes by explaining the Friedmann model of the big bang and why the theory of gravity does not fit with quantum theory. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Physics. |
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Astronomy. |
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Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. |
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Popular Science in Astronomy. |
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Cosmology. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Title |
Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number |
9783319005867 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00587-4 |
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