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From Newton to Einstein : ask the physicist about mechanics and relativity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, F. Todd (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2014]
Series:IOP concise physics.
Subjects:
SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics.
Geophysics.
Relativity (Physics) > Study and teaching.
Mechanics > Study and teaching.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Author biography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Newtonian mechanics
  • Special relativity
  • General relativity
  • Wacky questions : sci-fi, super heroes, computer games, fantastic weapons, etc.
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • A. Energy
  • B. Approximations in Kepler's laws
  • C. Rotational physics
  • D. Centripetal acceleration
  • E. Friction
  • F. The constants of electricity and magnetism
  • G. Galilean and Lorentz transformations.