Introducing Relativity: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides) - Softcover

Bassett, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848310579 ISBN 13: 9781848310575

Publisher: Icon Books, 2009

Synopsis

It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionize our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, "Introducing Relativity" plots a visually accessible course through the thought experiments that have given shape to contemporary physics. Scientists from Newton to Hawking add their unique contributions to this story, as we encounter Einstein's astounding vision of gravity as the curvature of space-time and arrive at the breathtakingly beautiful field equations. Einstein's legacy is reviewed in the most advanced frontiers of physics today - black holes, gravitational waves, the accelerating universe and string theory. This is a superlative, fascinating graphic account of Einstein's strange world and how his legacy has been built upon since.

About this title

About the Author:

Bruce Bassett is a cosmologist and lecturer at the University of Cape Town and the South African Astronomical Observatory. Ralph Edney trained as a mathematician, and has worked as a teacher,journalist, illustrator and political cartoonist. He has illustrated anumber of Introducing titles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Icon Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848310579
• ISBN 13: 9781848310575
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Edney Ralph