Six not-so-easy pieces

Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time

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Six not-so-easy pieces

Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time

  • 3.6 (5 ratings) ·
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"...In the challenging 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces', Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity..."--P. [4] of cover.

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
154

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Cover of: Six not-so-easy pieces
Six not-so-easy pieces: Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time
2011, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, And Space-Time
April 5, 2005, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Sei pezzi meno facili
Sei pezzi meno facili
2004, Adelphi
Paperback in Italian
Cover of: Feiman de 6 tang easy xiang dui lun
Feiman de 6 tang easy xiang dui lun
2001, Tian xia yuan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Six Not-so-easy Pieces
Six Not-so-easy Pieces
September 13, 1999, Penguin Books Ltd
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Cover of: Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Helix Books)
March 1998, Perseus Books Group
in English
Cover of: Six Not-So-Easy Pieces
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time
March 1998, Perseus Books Group, Addison-Wesley Pub.
in English
Cover of: Six not-so-easy pieces
Cover of: Six not-so-easy pieces
Six not-so-easy pieces: Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time
1997, Addison-Wesley Pub.
in English
Cover of: Six not-so-easy pieces
Six not-so-easy pieces: Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time
1997, Basic Books
in English

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Table of Contents

Vectors. Symmetry in physics ; Translations ; Rotations ; Vectors ; Vector algebra ; Newton's laws in vector notation ; Scalar product of vectors
Symmetry in Physical Laws. Symmetry operations ; Symmetry in space and time ; Symmetry and conservation laws ; Mirror reflections ; Polar and axial vectors ; Which hand is right? ; Parity is not conserved! ; Antimatter ; Broken symmetries
The Special Theory of Relativity ; The principle of relativity ; The Lorentz transformation ; The Michelson-Morley experiment ; Transformation of time ; The Lorentz contraction ; Simultaneity ; Four-vectors ; Relativistic dynamics ; Equivalence of mass and energy ; Relativistic Energy and Momentum. Relativity and the philosophers ; The twin paradox ; Transformation of velocities ; Relativistic mass ; Relativistic energy ; Space-Time. The geometry of space-time ; Space-time intervals ; Past, present, and future ; More about four-vectors ; Four-vector algebra ; Curved Space. Curved spaces with two dimensions ; Curvature in three-dimensional space ; Our space is curved ; Geometry in space-time ; Gravity and the principle of equivalence ; The speed of clocks in a gravitational field ; The curvature of space-time ; Motion in curved space-time ; Einstein's theory of gravitation.

Edition Notes

From Feynman's "Lectures on Physics" delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York
Other Titles
6 not-so-easy pieces

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.11
Library of Congress
QC793.3.S9 F49 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvii, 154 p. :
Number of pages
154

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25535529M
Internet Archive
sixnotsoeasypiec00feyn_009
ISBN 10
0465025269
ISBN 13
9780465025268
LCCN
2010941329
OCLC/WorldCat
705522813

Work Description

These are six lectures taken from the 3 volume Feynmann Lectures on Physics:

Vectors (Vol I chapter 11)
Symmetry in Physical Laws (Vol I chapter 52)
The Special Theory of Relativity (Vol I chapter 15)
Relativistic Energy and Momentum (Vol I chapter 16)
Space-Time (Vol I chapter 17)
Curved Space (Vol II chapter 42)

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