AuthorRussell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
TitleABC of relativity / Bertrand Russell
Imprint New York, NY : Routledge, 2009
Descript xvii, 150 p. : ill. ; 20 cm

CONTENT

Touch and sight : the earth and the heavens -- What happens and what is observed -- The velocity of light -- Clocks and foot-rules -- Space-time -- The special theory of relativity -- Intervals in space-time -- Einstein's law of gravitation -- Proofs of Einstein's law of gravitation -- Mass, momentum, energy, and action -- The expanding universe -- Conventions and natural laws -- The abolition of "force" -- What is matter? -- Philosophical consequences


SUBJECT

  1. Relativity (Physics)

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