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Space, time and Einstein: an introduction

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Main Author:	Kennedy, J. B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chesham Acumen 2003
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	Einstein, Albert <1879-1955> Einstein, Albert > 1879-1955 Relativity (Physics) > Popular works Space and time > Popular works Zeit Raum
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Physical Description:	X, 244 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:	1902683668 1902683676

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adam_text	SPACE, TIME AND EINSTEIN AN INTRODUCTION J. B. KENNEDY MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS MONTREAL & KINGSTON * ITHACA CONTENTS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IX PART I: EINSTEIN'S REVOLUTION 1 1 FROM ARISTOTLE TO HIROSHIMA 3 2 EINSTEIN IN A NUTSHELL 7 3 THE TWIN PARADOX 31 4 HOW TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB 40 5 THE FOUR-DIMENSIONAL UNIVERSE 50 6 TIME TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE 66 7 CAN THE MIND UNDERSTAND THE WORLD? 71 PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL PROGRESS 75 8 WHO INVENTED SPACE? 77 9 ZENO'S PARADOXES: IS MOTION IMPOSSIBLE? 92 10 PHILOSOPHERS AT WAR: NEWTON VS. LEIBNIZ 104 11 THE PHILOSOPHY OF LEFT AND RIGHT 126 12 THE UNREALITY OF TIME 133 13 GENERAL RELATIVITY: IS SPACE CURVED? 139 14 THE FALL OF GEOMETRY: IS MATHEMATICS CERTAIN? 149 15 THE RESURRECTION OF ABSOLUTES 159 16 THE RESILIENCE OF SPACE 172 VLL SPACE, TIME AND EINSTEIN PART III: FRONTIERS 175 17 FASTER THAN LIGHT: WAS EINSTEIN WRONG? 177 18 THE BIG BANG: HOW DID THE UNIVERSE BEGIN? 185 19 BLACK HOLES: TRAPDOORS TO NOWHERE 188 20 WHY HAVEN'T ALIENS COME VISITING? 193 21 THE INFLATIONARY AND ACCELERATING UNIVERSE 197 22 SHOULD WE BELIEVE THE PHYSICISTS? 202 APPENDIX A: SPACETIME DIAGRAMS 207 APPENDIX B: SYMMETRY AND LORENTZ'S MINORITY INTERPRETATION 222 APPENDIX C: SIMPLE FORMULAS FOR SPECIAL RELATIVITY 225 APPENDIX D: WEBSITES 227 APPENDIX E: GUIDE TO FURTHER READING 229 INDEX 239 VIU
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