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Six not-so-easy pieces : Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time / Richard P. Feynman, with Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands ; introduction by Roger Penrose.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books/Perseus Books Group, c2011.Description: xxvii, 154 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780465025268 (pbk.)
  • 0465025269 (pbk.)
  • 9780465025282 (ebk.)
Other title:
  • 6 not-so-easy pieces
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.11 23
LOC classification:
  • QC793.3.S9 F49 2011
Contents:
Vectors. Symmetry in physics ; Translations ; Rotations ; Vectors ; Vector algebra ; Newton's laws in vector notation ; Scalar product of vectors -- Symmetry in Physical Laws. Symmetry operations ; Symmetry in space and time ; Symmetry and conservation laws ; Mirror reflections ; Polar and axial vectors ; Which hand is right? ; Parity is not conserved! ; Antimatter ; Broken symmetries -- The Special Theory of Relativity ; The principle of relativity ; The Lorentz transformation ; The Michelson-Morley experiment ; Transformation of time ; The Lorentz contraction ; Simultaneity ; Four-vectors ; Relativistic dynamics ; Equivalence of mass and energy ; Relativistic Energy and Momentum. Relativity and the philosophers ; The twin paradox ; Transformation of velocities ; Relativistic mass ; Relativistic energy ; Space-Time. The geometry of space-time ; Space-time intervals ; Past, present, and future ; More about four-vectors ; Four-vector algebra ; Curved Space. Curved spaces with two dimensions ; Curvature in three-dimensional space ; Our space is curved ; Geometry in space-time ; Gravity and the principle of equivalence ; The speed of clocks in a gravitational field ; The curvature of space-time ; Motion in curved space-time ; Einstein's theory of gravitation.
Summary: "...In the challenging 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces', Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity..."--P. [4] of cover.
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Books Books SPAA Library General Collection QC793.3.S9 F49 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0004244

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From Feynman's "Lectures on Physics" delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vectors. Symmetry in physics ; Translations ; Rotations ; Vectors ; Vector algebra ; Newton's laws in vector notation ; Scalar product of vectors -- Symmetry in Physical Laws. Symmetry operations ; Symmetry in space and time ; Symmetry and conservation laws ; Mirror reflections ; Polar and axial vectors ; Which hand is right? ; Parity is not conserved! ; Antimatter ; Broken symmetries -- The Special Theory of Relativity ; The principle of relativity ; The Lorentz transformation ; The Michelson-Morley experiment ; Transformation of time ; The Lorentz contraction ; Simultaneity ; Four-vectors ; Relativistic dynamics ; Equivalence of mass and energy ; Relativistic Energy and Momentum. Relativity and the philosophers ; The twin paradox ; Transformation of velocities ; Relativistic mass ; Relativistic energy ; Space-Time. The geometry of space-time ; Space-time intervals ; Past, present, and future ; More about four-vectors ; Four-vector algebra ; Curved Space. Curved spaces with two dimensions ; Curvature in three-dimensional space ; Our space is curved ; Geometry in space-time ; Gravity and the principle of equivalence ; The speed of clocks in a gravitational field ; The curvature of space-time ; Motion in curved space-time ; Einstein's theory of gravitation.

"...In the challenging 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces', Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity..."--P. [4] of cover.

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