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100			_aMermin, N. David _99561
245			_aIt's about time: _bunderstanding Einstein's relativity
260			_bPrinceton University Press _aPrinceton _c2021
300			_axv, 192 p.
365			_aUSD _b16.95
504			_aTable of Content: The principle of relativity Combining (small) velocities The speed of light Combining (any) velocities Simultaneous events; synchronized clocks Moving clocks run slowly; moving sticks shrink Looking at a moving clock The interval between events Trains of rockets Space-time geometry E = Mc² A bit about general relativity What makes it happen?
520			_aIn It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry.
650			_aSpecial relativity (Physics) _910967
650			_aRelativity (Physics) _910935
650			_aSpace and time _910968
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