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Relativity in our time :

0748401172

0748401180

9780748401178

9780748401185

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Relativity in our time :

[Book]

from physics to human relations /

Mendel Sachs.

Washington, D.C. :

Taylor & Francis,

1993.

xii, 162 pages ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. A seminal idea -- the principle of relativity -- 3. Early observations of things -- 4. Toward an abstract view of nature -- 5. Einstein's ideas of special relativity -- 6. Space -- 7. Time -- 8. Space-time -- 9. The principle of relativity -- from Galileo to Einstein -- 10. Violation of 'common sense' notions of distance and simultaneity -- 11. On the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction -- 12. Relative time and the twin paradox -- 13. Geometry, causality and the light cone in special relativity -- 14. Particles of matter in special relativity and E = Mc[superscript 2] -- 15. The continuous field concept in relativity -- 16. The Mach principle -- 17. Experimental confirmations of special relativity and transition to general relativity -- 18. The curvature of space-time -- 19. Gravitation and crucial tests of general relativity -- 20. Faraday's unified field concept -- 21. Einstein's unified field concept -- 22. The night sky -- 23. Cosmology.

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The central contention of Relativity in Our Time is that Einstein's theory is simple from the conceptual standpoints and should therefore be comprehensible to a very broad range of readers. Outstandingly clear and eloquent text explains the beautiful theory and then extends it from problems in case physics to other domains of human understanding, including issues of societal relationships. The conceptual framework of the theory overrides its mathematical structure and Professor Sachs is able to address and vividly describe the subject to the extent that this book will grasp the imagination of anyone with an interest in the fundamental working of the universe, at any scale. The book is as appropriate for the humanities student as for the professional physicist. Einstein's relativity theory is central to both dynamical and energetic properties in the universe; Relativity in Our Time sets the theory in context and clarity. The overwhelming assertion of the book is that the principle of relativity leads to a theoretical structure with tremendous predictive capacity, from the microscopic range of particle physics to the domain of the universe at large-cosmic scales. Sachs' arguments cascade outwards in logical and expressive discussions to encompass the new view of space, time, spacetime, the curvature of spacetime and gravitation, as well as the unified field concept, and an approach to cosmology. Perhaps most fascinating of all is the relevance of the theory to human relations in the social sciences. The economy and breadth of this book make it a convincing and worthwhile source of fundamental understanding of the scientific interpretation of our time.

£35.00 : CIP entry (Sept.)

General relativity (Physics)

General relativity (Physics)

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Relativité (physique)

Sachs, Mendel.

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