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World Scientific Publishing Company The Advent of Relativity

Name: The Advent of Relativity
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This clear exposition of the history of the development of physical ideas which eventually led to the discovery of special relativity is a narration of how physicists, from Galileo, Newton to Lorentz, Poincare and Einstein were distracted in their reflections by numerous fallacies (like aether, dragged or not). Then by experiment, it was finally understood that the laws of cinematics and dynamics of the objects moving at high speed can only be formulated with physical definions for what is distance, time or force. After that and from the two basic Einstein postulates the principle of relativity and the constancy of the speed of light everything else followed. As the emphasis is on being exact from the scientific viewpoint, it is also accessible to any person with a high school background. The last chapter "Photon dreams" is addressed to science fiction fans. However, the author proves to the disappointed reader that the laws of physics that we know do not allow the construction of spaceships that could reach even the nearest stars during the life span of the team.

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Brand: World Scientific Publishing Company
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 9811231141
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Physics > Relativity
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 22 March 2021
Listed Since: 06 November 2020

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