LEADER 03348nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910437976303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-319-00587-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-00587-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000403477 035 $a(EBL)1317792 035 $a(OCoLC)854976210 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000963114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11517762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000963114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10975921 035 $a(PQKB)10342978 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-00587-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1317792 035 $a(PPN)172422531 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000403477 100 $a20130729d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRelativity for everyone $ehow space-time bends /$fKurt Fischer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (135 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-00586-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLight, 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aRelativity (Physics) 606 $aSpace and time 615 0$aRelativity (Physics) 615 0$aSpace and time. 676 $a530.11 700 $aFischer$b Kurt$036519 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437976303321 996 $aRelativity for Everyone$91772326 997 $aUNINA