TY  - BOOK
AU  - Feynman,Richard P.
AU  - Leighton,Robert B.
AU  - Sands,Matthew L.
AU  - Penrose,Roger
TI  - Six not-so-easy pieces: Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time 
SN  - 9780465025268 (pbk.)
AV  - QC793.3.S9 F49 2011
U1  - 530.11 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books/Perseus Books Group
KW  - Symmetry (Physics)
KW  - Special relativity (Physics)
KW  - Space and time
KW  - fast
N1  - SIBF2023; From Feynman's "Lectures on Physics" delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963; P.B; 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
N2  - "...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
ER  -