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Relativity for the Questioning Mind
Daniel F. Styer
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Description for Relativity for the Questioning Mind
Paperback. The appendixes provide helpful hints, basic answers to the sample problems, and materials to stimulate further exploration. Num Pages: 200 pages, 68, 67 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
To those of us who are not mathematicians or physicists, Einstein's theory of relativity often seems incomprehensible, exotic, and of little real-world use. None of this is true. Daniel F. Styer's introduction to the topic not only shows us why these beliefs are mistaken but also shines a bright light on the subject so that any curious-minded person with an understanding of algebra and geometry can both grasp and apply the theory. Styer starts off slowly and proceeds carefully, explaining the concepts undergirding relativity in language comprehensible to nonscientists yet precise and accurate enough to satisfy the most demanding ... Read more
To those of us who are not mathematicians or physicists, Einstein's theory of relativity often seems incomprehensible, exotic, and of little real-world use. None of this is true. Daniel F. Styer's introduction to the topic not only shows us why these beliefs are mistaken but also shines a bright light on the subject so that any curious-minded person with an understanding of algebra and geometry can both grasp and apply the theory. Styer starts off slowly and proceeds carefully, explaining the concepts undergirding relativity in language comprehensible to nonscientists yet precise and accurate enough to satisfy the most demanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
274g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801897603
SKU
V9780801897603
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About Daniel F. Styer
Daniel F. Styer is the John and Marianne Schiffer Professor of Physics at Oberlin College and the author of The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics.
Reviews for Relativity for the Questioning Mind
Informative, challenging, and fun at the same time.
Daniel Styler Popular Science 2011
Daniel Styler Popular Science 2011