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Acceleration
Addition
Alice and Bob
Atomic nucleus
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Classical mechanics
Clock
Clock synchronization
Conservation law
Conservation of energy
Diagram
Diagram (category theory)
Digital clock
Doppler effect
Earth
Elastic collision
Electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetism
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Equivalence principle
Explanation
First principle
General relativity
Gravitational field
Gravity
Gravity of Earth
Hypotenuse
Inelastic collision
Inertial frame of reference
Instant
Kinetic energy
Length
Length contraction
Mass-energy equivalence
Measurement
Microsecond
Milky Way
Momentum
Nanosecond
Negative number
Newton's laws of motion
Parallelogram
Particle accelerator
Photon
Physicist
Pink noise
Proper length
Quantity
Quantum mechanics
Rectangle
Relative velocity
Relativistic Doppler effect
Relativistic speed
Result
Rhombus
Right triangle
Scale factor
Scale factor (cosmology)
Simultaneity
Special relativity
Speed
Speed of light
Square root
Synchronization
Test particle
Theoretical physics
Theory of relativity
Unit of time
Vacuum
Velocity-addition formula
Vibration
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- ISBN 9780691218779
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 09 Mar 2021
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A readable and entertaining look at how Einstein’s special theory of relativity gives us a new understanding of the nature of time
Relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education. Its subject is time, with which we all think we are familiar. Einstein's special theory of relativity reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong. This clear, lively, and informal exposition of special relativity takes a highly original approach to introduce readers to the true nature of time. It is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary geometry. It’s About Time offers deep insights to curious readers who have no technical scientific background.
N. David Mermin is the Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus at Cornell University. His books include Boojums All the Way Through and Why Quark Rhymes with Pork.
