LEADER 03570cam a22003254a 4500 001 991003811019707536 008 200608s2010 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a9780521763943 (hbk.) 035 $ab14391363-39ule_inst 040 $aBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Matematica e Fisica - Sez. Fisica$beng 082 04$a530.11$222 084 $aLC QC173.55 100 1 $aTakeuchi, Tatsu$0786851 245 13$aAn illustrated guide to relativity /$cTatsu Takeuchi 246 30$aGuide to relativity 246 30$aRelativity 260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010 300 $ax, 256 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c24 cm 504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [254]) and index 505 0 $aPt. I. Kinematics: relativity without any equations -- 1. Welcome to the world of relativity -- 2. Basics -- Questions about motion -- Frames of reference -- Relativity of motion -- The Law of Inertia -- Inertial and non-inertial frames -- What's so "special" about Special Relativity? -- 3. Galilean relativity -- Basic questions -- Spacetime diagrams -- The Galilei transformation -- Addition of velocities -- Acceleration and Newton's Second Law -- 4. Einsteinian relativity -- The mystery of the speed of light -- Modification to the spacetime diagram -- The problem -- The solution -- Einstein's argument -- The solution, continued -- Conservation of spacetime volume -- The Lorentz transformation -- The low velocity limit of the Lorentz transformation -- Addition of velocities -- Dependence of inertia on speed -- 5. Causality -- Before and after -- Paradox? -- Instantaneous communication? -- Impossibility of faster than light travel -- The light-cone -- 6. Consequences -- Synchronization of clocks -- Time dilation -- What time dilation DOES NOT mean -- Lorentz contraction -- What Lorentz contraction DOES NOT mean -- Twin paradox -- Doppler effect -- Red shift -- Blue shift -- Red shift and the expansion of the universe -- 505 0 $aPt. II. Problems -- 8. Qualitative problems -- Reading the spacetime diagram -- Street lamps -- Supernovae -- Questions on before and after -- The hare and the tortoise 1, 2, 3 -- The starship and the supernova -- Relativistic sports -- Tagging up in baseball 1, 2 -- The offside rule in soccer -- Lorentz contraction -- Train and tunnel -- The starship and the enemy space cruiser 1, 2 -- The duel of the space cruisers -- Trains in a tunnel -- 9. Quantitative problems -- Addition of velocities -- 505 0 $aPt. III. Dynamics: relativity with a few equations -- 10. The world's most famous equation -- 11. The problem -- 12. Newtonian dynamics -- The mass-momentum vector -- The impulse vector -- Inertial mass -- Newton's Second Law -- Newton's Third Law and the conservation of mass-momentum -- 13. Relativistic dynamics -- The energy-momentum vector -- The energy-momentum vector of a photon -- The work-impulse vector -- Conservation of energy-momentum -- E=mc2 -- Common misconception about E=mc2 -- 14. Summary of Pt. III. 520 $aPresents a step-by-step explanation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity through a series of diagrams rather than equations 650 4$aRelativity (Physics)$vPictorial works. 907 $a.b14391363$b17-01-21$c08-06-20 912 $a991003811019707536 945 $aLE006 Fondo Polezzo 422$cEx libris Stefano Polezzo$g1$i2006000186223$lle006$og$pE25.88$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i15948808$z17-01-21 996 $aIllustrated guide to relativity$91752522 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale006$b08-06-20$cm$da $e $feng$genk$h3$i0