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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankAnIllustratedGuidetoRelativityAimedatbothphysicsstudentsandnon-sciencemajors,thisuniquebookexplainsEinstein’sSpecialTheoryofRelativitypictorially,usingdiagramsratherthanequations.Thediagramsguidethereader,step-by-step,fromthebasicsofrelativitytoadvance
2、dtopicsincludingtheadditionofvelocities,Lorentzcontraction,timedilation,twinparadox,Dopplershift,andEinstein’s2famousequationE=mc.Thedistinctivefiguresthroughoutthebookenablethereadertovisualizethetheoryinawaythatcannotbefullyconveyedthroughequationsalone.Theillustrativeexplanations
3、inthisbookmaintainthelogicandrigornec-essaryforphysicsstudents,yetaresimpleenoughtobeunderstoodbynon-scientists.Thebookalsocontainsentertainingproblemswhichchallengethereader’sunderstandingofthematerialscovered.tatsutakeuchiisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofPhysicsatVirginiaTe
4、ch.Thisbookgrewfromthe“HighlightsofContemporaryPhysics”coursehetaughtformanyyears.Primarilyaimedatnon-physicsmajors,ithasbeenhighlypopularamongphysicsstudentsaswell.AnIllustratedGuidetoRelativityTATSUTAKEUCHIDepartmentofPhysics,VirginiaTechCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,
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