What Is Relativity?
by L. D. Landau, Yury Borisovich Rumer
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A pair of eminent Russian theoretical physicists offer a captivating view of the paradoxes inherent to the special theory of relativity. Written in a straightforward fashion, the text uses familiar objects (e.g., trains, rulers, and clocks) to illuminate the more subtle and elusive aspects of relativity. 23 illustrations. 1959 edition.Tags
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I am mindful of the fact that the speed of light is not constant the records show they fixed it.
I came across this book watching Brian Mullin on YT who was doing a great job questioning the accepted wisdom of science. Nothing in science is settled anyone claiming this or that is a fact is delusional.
Hard to take books like this seriously anymore.
I came across this book watching Brian Mullin on YT who was doing a great job questioning the accepted wisdom of science. Nothing in science is settled anyone claiming this or that is a fact is delusional.
Hard to take books like this seriously anymore.
The Relativity we are used to.
Space is Relative.
The Tragedy of Light.
Time is Relative.
Capricious clocks ad rulers.
Mass.
Space is Relative.
The Tragedy of Light.
Time is Relative.
Capricious clocks ad rulers.
Mass.
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In my opinion, this is the best introduction to relativity ever written for laymen.
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En mi opinión, el mejor libro de divulgación sobre la teoría de la relatividad jamás escrito.
In my opinion, this is the best introduction to relativity ever written for laymen.
Español:
En mi opinión, el mejor libro de divulgación sobre la teoría de la relatividad jamás escrito.
¿QUÉ ES LA TEORÍA DE LA RELATIVIDAD?
Han pasado ya más de cincuenta años desde que Einstein anunciara
el principio de la relatividad. Su teoria -que pareció una mera
extravagancia del pensamiento- es hoy la piedra angular de la física.
En efecto, la física moderna no podría existir sin la teor ía de la
relatividad, así como tampoco puede existir sin el concepto de
moléculas y átomos. Sin la teoría de la relatividad, jamás alcanzaría
explicación un inmenso número de fenómenos físicos. Los acelera-
dores de partículas y los cálculos de reacciones nucleares estárn
basados en ella.
Desgraciadamente, sin embargo, la teoría de la relatividad apenas es
conocida fuera de un reducido círculo de especialistas. No cabe
duda de que show more la.teoría es ardua y a un profano en física le sería dificil
captar sus rasgos esenciales. show less
Han pasado ya más de cincuenta años desde que Einstein anunciara
el principio de la relatividad. Su teoria -que pareció una mera
extravagancia del pensamiento- es hoy la piedra angular de la física.
En efecto, la física moderna no podría existir sin la teor ía de la
relatividad, así como tampoco puede existir sin el concepto de
moléculas y átomos. Sin la teoría de la relatividad, jamás alcanzaría
explicación un inmenso número de fenómenos físicos. Los acelera-
dores de partículas y los cálculos de reacciones nucleares estárn
basados en ella.
Desgraciadamente, sin embargo, la teoría de la relatividad apenas es
conocida fuera de un reducido círculo de especialistas. No cabe
duda de que show more la.teoría es ardua y a un profano en física le sería dificil
captar sus rasgos esenciales. show less
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Lev Davidovich Landau was born on January 22, 1908 in Baku, U.S.S.R (now Azerbaijan). A brilliant student, he had finished secondary school by the age of 13. He enrolled in the University of Baku a year later, in 1922, and later transferred to the University of Leningrad, from which he graduated with a degree in physics. Landau did graduate work show more in physics at Leningrad's Physiotechnical Institute, at Cambridge University in England, and at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Denmark, where he met physicist Neils Bohr, whose work he greatly admired. Landau worked in the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program during World War II, and then began a teaching career. Considered to be the founder of a whole school of Soviet theoretical physicists, Landau was honored with numerous awards, including the Lenin Prize, the Max Planck Medal, the Fritz London Prize, and, most notably, the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physics, which honored his pioneering work in the field of low-temperature physics and condensed matter, particularly liquid helium. Unfortunately, Landau's wife and son had to accept the Nobel Prize for him; Landau had been seriously injured in a car crash several months earlier and never completely recovered. He was unable to work again, and spent the remainder of his years, until his death in 1968, battling health problems resulting from the accident. Landau's most notable written work is his Course of Theoretical Physics, an eight-volume set of texts covering the complete range of theoretical physics. Like several other of Landau's books, it was written with Evgeny Lifshitz, a favorite student, because Landau himself strongly disliked writing. Some other works include What is Relativity?, Theory of Elasticity, and Physics for Everyone. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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