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Die bewegte Uhr geht nach. – Zwei Zwillinge bewegen sich in entgegengesetzter Richtung. Beide beobachten, dass die Uhr des anderen nachgeht. Dann kommen sie wieder zusammen und stellen fest: Jünger ist, wer seine Geschwindigkeit geändert hat. Eine elementare Erklärung...
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Springer Spektrum
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2020-10-26
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This book reviews various modified gravity models, including those with modifications in the pure gravitational sector; those involving extra fields, that is, scalar-tensor and vector-tensor gravity theories; gravity models with Lorentz symmetry breaking; and...
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Springer
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2020-07-27
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The advent of high-precision antihydrogen spectroscopy has opened up the possibility of direct tests with unprecedented accuracy of some of the most fundamental principles of physics, notably Lorentz and CPT symmetry and the Einstein equivalence...
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Springer
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2020-07-19
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This comprehensive textbook on relativity integrates Newtonian physics, special relativity and general relativity into a single book that emphasizes the deep underlying principles common to them all, yet explains how they are applied in different ways in these three...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-08-23
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Relativity has much to offer for a well-rounded education. Yet books on relativity either assume a strong background in physics and math, aimed at advanced physics students, or, alternatively, offer a broad description with little intellectual challenge. This book...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-10
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This textbook on the nature of space and time explains the new theory of Space Dynamics, which describes the dynamics of gravity as the evolution of conformal 3-dimensional geometry. Shape Dynamics is equivalent to Einstein's General Relativity in those situations in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-03-02
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This is an open access title. It is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. It is available to read and download as a PDF version on the Oxford Academic platform.
General Relativity is a beautiful...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-11-20
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The best parts of physics are the last topics that our students ever see. These are the exciting new frontiers of nonlinear and complex systems that are at the forefront of university research and are the basis of many high-tech businesses. Topics such as traffic on the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-11-07
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This book is aimed at students making the transition from a first course on general relativity to a specialized subfield. It presents a variety of topics under the general headings of gravitational waves in vacuo and in a cosmological setting, equations of motion, and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-05-23
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Many regard Albert Einstein as the greatest physicist since Newton. What exactly did he do that is so important in physics? We provide an introduction to his physics at a level accessible to an undergraduate physics student. All equations are worked out in detail from...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-01-31
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Many regard Albert Einstein as the greatest physicist since Newton. What exactly did he do that is so important in physics? We provide an introduction to his physics at a level accessible to an undergraduate physics student. All equations are worked out in detail from...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-01-31
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Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of SpecialRelativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to GeneralRelativity for undergraduate students of physics. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all theRelativity...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-10-05
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Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of SpecialRelativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to GeneralRelativity for undergraduate students of physics. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all theRelativity...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-10-04
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The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. This book presents a self-contained discussion of the concepts, methods and applications that can be expected in such a theory.The two main approaches to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-04-05
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This book provides a lively and visual introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity. It brings to life the excitement of this fascinating subject, for an audience including young people at school (post-16) and the general public with an interest in modern physics. It...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-10-06
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Special relativity provides the foundations of our knowledge of space and time. Without it, our understanding of the world, and its place in the universe, would be unthinkable. This book gives a concise, elementary, yet exceptionally modern, introduction to special...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-04-07
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The book is intended to serve as lecture material for courses on relativity at undergraduate level. Although there has been much written on special relativity the present book will emphasize the real applications of relativity. In addition, it will be physically...
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Wiley
Parution :
2010-09-16
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When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design, the most recent scientific thinking about the...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-09-09
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Ron Mallett was just 10 when his father died suddenly. Devastated, he found solace in the science fiction of H.G. Wells, believing that if he could build a time machine, he could go back into the past, warn his father and perhaps save his life.Ronald Mallett is now a...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2009-11-24
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Einstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity, in the formalism of Minkowski's four-dimensional space-time, the principle of equivalence, Riemannian geometry...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-07
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