It's All Relative: Einstein's Theory of Relativity

ISBN-10
068841981X
ISBN-13
9780688419813
Series
It's All Relative
Category
Relativity (Physics)
Pages
141
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
Author
Necia H. Apfel

Description

Discusses the basic principles of relativity and uses "thought experiments" to explain concepts such as the relationship between space and time, gravitation and acceleration, and the curvature of space.

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