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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019378203321

Autore

Liebscher Dierck-Ekkehard

Titolo

The geometry of time

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Wiley VCH, 2005

ISBN

3-527-61871-6

Collana

Physics textbook The geometry of time

Disciplina

530.11

Soggetti

Relativity (Physics)

Geometry, Projective

Space and time

Atomic Physics

Physics

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The world of space and time -- Reflection and collision -- The relativity principle of mechanics and wave propagation -- Relativity theory and its paradoxes -- The circle disguised as hyperbola -- Curvature -- The projective origin of the geometries of the plane -- The nine geometries of the plane -- General remarks.