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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-103527403442
ISBN-139783527403448
eBay Product ID (ePID)2319069
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSpecial Relativity and Motions Faster than Light
Publication Year2002
SubjectPhysics / Relativity
TypeTextbook
AuthorMoses Fayngold
Subject AreaScience
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight25 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-267749
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"... supplementary reading material to the standard texts, that expands on the concepts without getting hyper-specialized" D. Green, The New School University, NY, USA "... the physics community will enthusiastically receive this book and [...] it will be widely adopted by physics and engineering teachers as a complementary textbook." S. Piatek, New Jersey Inst. of Techn., USA "Dr. Fayngold knows how to tell a story." S. Piatek, New Jersey Inst. Of Techn., "... as serious and accurate, as a scientific publication, and as absorbing and entertaining as a good scientific popularization. Among hundreds books on relativity this one is special." Prof. Edward Parilis, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, USA "... supplementary reading material to the standard texts, that expands on the concepts without getting hyper-specialized." D. Green, The New School University, NY, USA "... the physics community will enthusiastically receive this book and [...] it will be widely adopted by physics and engineering teachers as a complementary textbook." S. Piatek, New Jersey Inst. of Techn., USA "Dr. Fayngold knows how to tell a story." S. Piatek, New Jersey Inst. Of Techn. "Dr. Moses Fayngold has written an extremely interesting book on special relativity and what happens in theory when objects travel at speeds faster-than-light. Undergraduates and graduate students will find his vivid detailed examples very helpful in learning relativity and in working out many fascination paradoxes of relativity - including both the familiar "twin paradox" and less-familiar apparant contradictions of relativistic puzzles." Dr. Stephan Rosen, Director Scientific Career Transitions, NY. "To sum up: the book covers all aspects of superluminal phenomena." Norbert Dragon, General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 36 (2004)
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal530.11
Table Of ContentIntroduction Light and relativity Imaginary paradoxes The velocities' play Superluminal motions Slow light and fast light Tachyons and tachyon-like objects The speed of light as a fundamental constant of Nature
SynopsisWhile the theory of special relativity is often associated with the idea of traveling faster than light, this book shows that in all these cases subtle forces of nature conspire to prevent these motions being harnessed to send signals faster than the speed of light. The author tackles these topics both conceptually, with minimal or no mathematics, and quantitatively, making use of numerous illustrations to clarify the discussion. The result is a joy to read for both scientists familiar with the subject and laypeople wishing to understand something of special relativity., Mit dem diesem Buch legt Moses Fayngold eine brillante Darstellung der Speziellen Relativitätstheorie vor, in der der Leser fundiert und humorvoll in die Theorie eingeführt wird. Neueste wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, z.B. die Ausbreitung von Lichtpulsen mit Überlichtgeschwindigkeit, werden ebenso diskutiert wie das Zwillingsparadoxon. Dem Autor gelingt es auf einmalige Weise, komplizierte Tatsachen leicht verständlich darzustellen. Viele Illustrationen, z.T. im Stil von Comics, verdeutlichen paradoxe Phänomene. Ein Lesevergnügen für Studenten und Wissenschaftler sowie für Laien, die sich über die spezielle Relativitätstheorie informieren wollen., While the theory of special relativity is often associated with the idea of traveling faster than light, this book shows that in all these cases subtle forces of nature conspire to prevent these motions being harnessed to send signals faster than the speed of light.
Illustrated byWengenmayr, Roland
LC Classification NumberQC173.65.F39 2002
