It's About Time (eBook)

Understanding Einstein's Relativity

N. David Mermin (Autor)

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2009
208 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3084-8 (ISBN)

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N. David Mermin is a theoretical physicist who has worked in solid state physics, low temperature physics, statistical physics, crystallography, and foundations of quantum mechanics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and won the first Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical society for 'his remarkable clarity and wit as a lecturer to nonspecialists on difficult subjects.' His books include Solid State Physics, Boojums All the Way Through, and Space and Time in Special Relativity.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Zusatzinfo: 13 halftones. 43 line illus. 1 table.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • Addition • Alarm clock • Alice and Bob • Annus Mirabilis papers • Atomic clock • Atomic Nucleus • axle • Calculation • classical mechanics • clock • Clock Synchronization • conservation law • Conservation of Energy • diagram • Diagram (category theory) • digital clock • Dirac equation • Doppler Effect • earth • elastic collision • Electromagnetic radiation • electromagnetism • Energy–momentum relation • Equivalence Principle • Explanation • First principle • For All Practical Purposes • Gamma ray • General relativity • Global Positioning System • gravitational acceleration • Gravitational Field • Gravity • Gravity of Earth • Hypotenuse • Inelastic collision • Inertial frame of reference • Infinite Energy (magazine) • Instant • Invariant speed • kinetic energy • length • length contraction • length scale • Line–line intersection • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz factor • Luminiferous aether • mass–energy equivalence • Massive particle • Maxwell's equations • Measurement • microsecond • milky way • Minkowski diagram • Momentum • Nanosecond • Negative number • Neutrino • Newton's laws of motion • parallelogram • Particle accelerator • Photon • physicist • picosecond • Pink noise • Proper length • Quantity • quantum mechanics • radiant energy • rectangle • relative velocity • Relativistic Doppler Effect • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics • Relativistic speed • result • rhombus • Right triangle • rotational invariance • Scale factor • Scale factor (cosmology) • Simultaneity • spacecraft • Special case • Special relativity • Speed • Speed of Light • square root • Supersonic speed • Synchronization • Test particle • theoretical physics • Theory of relativity • Time • Time signal • Unit of time • Vacuum • Velocity-addition formula • Vibration
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3084-2 / 1400830842
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3084-8 / 9781400830848