Reimagining Time : A Light-Speed Tour of Einstein's Theory of Relativity / Tanya Bub and Jeffrey Bub.
Bub, Tanya, author.; Bub, Jeffrey, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2021
QC173.57 .B83 2021
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Title Reimagining Time : A Light-Speed Tour of Einstein's Theory of Relativity / Tanya Bub and Jeffrey Bub.
Author Bub, Tanya, author.
ISBN 9780300258318 (electronic book)
0300258313 (electronic book)
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number QC173.57 .B83 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 530.11
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2021).
Added Author Bub, Jeffrey, author.
Added Corporate Author ProQuest (Firm)
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Cover
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Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface: The story of the book, with reading tips
Introduction: Light goes at one speed...
Episode I: so time has to be relative...
Episode II: as does simultaneity, which means lengths must contract with motion...
Episode III: by a very particular amount...
Episode IV: revealing the exchange rate between energy and mass (E = mc[sup(2)] )
Bonus Feature: The chicken or the egg? A take on Einstein's twin paradox
Geek Notes: For the skeptical relativist
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index.

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