Relativity and Its Roots

Relativity and Its RootsIn this fascinating, accessible introduction to one of the most revolutionary developments in modern physics, Einstein scholar Banesh Hoffmann recounts the successive insights that led to both the special and general theories of relativity. Using simple examples from everyday life, the author presents entertaining, nontechnical demonstrations of what relativity actually means and how it has revolutionized our ideas of time and space. Starting with the

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the text proceeds with an examination of the classical quantum bead on a track: its states and representations

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some exposure to quantum chemistry will enhance the student's appreciation of the material

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