Six not-so-easy pieces : Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time

Six not-so-easy pieces Einstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time

Richard P. Feynman, 1918-1988

Book - 2011

"...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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Subjects
Symmetry (Physics)
Special relativity (Physics)
Space and time.
Published
New York : Basic Books c2011.
Language
English
Main Author
Richard P. Feynman, 1918-1988 (-)
Other Authors
Robert B. Leighton (-), Matthew L. (Matthew Linzee) Sands
Item Description
From Feynman's "Lectures on Physics" delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963.
Physical Description
xxvii, 154 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780465025268
  • Publisher's Note
  • Introduction
  • Special Preface
  • Feynman's Preface
  • 1. Vectors
  • 1-1. Symmetry in physics
  • 1-2. Translations
  • 1-3. Rotations
  • 1-4. Vectors
  • 1-5. Vector algebra
  • 1-6. Newton's laws in vector notation
  • 1-7. Scalar product of vectors
  • 2. Symmetry in Physical Laws
  • 2-1. Symmetry operations
  • 2-2. Symmetry in space and time
  • 2-3. Symmetry and conservation laws
  • 2-4. Mirror reflections
  • 2-5. Polar and axial vectors
  • 2-6. Which hand is right?
  • 2-7. Parity is not conserved!
  • 2-8. Antimatter
  • 2-9. Broken symmetries
  • 3. The Special Theory of Relativity
  • 3-1. The principle of relativity
  • 3-2. The Lorentz transformation
  • 3-3. The Michelson-Morley experiment
  • 3-4. Transformation of time
  • 3-5. The Lorentz contraction
  • 3-6. Simultaneity
  • 3-7. Four-vectors
  • 3-8. Relativistic dynamics
  • 3-9. Equivalence of mass and energy
  • 4. Relativistic Energy and Momentum
  • 4-1. Relativity and the philosophers
  • 4-2. The twin paradox
  • 4-3. Transformation of velocities
  • 4-4. Relativistic mass
  • 4-5. Relativistic energy
  • 5. Space-Time
  • 5-1. The geometry of space-time
  • 5-2. Space-time intervals
  • 5-3. Past, present, and future
  • 5-4. More about four-vectors
  • 5-5. Four-vector algebra
  • 6. Curved Space
  • 6-1. Curved spaces with two dimensions
  • 6-2. Curvature in three-dimensional space
  • 6-3. Our space is curved
  • 6-4. Geometry in space-time
  • 6-5. Gravity and the principle of equivalence
  • 6-6. The speed of clocks in a gravitational field
  • 6-7. The curvature of space-time
  • 6-8. Motion in curved space-time
  • 6-9. Einstein's theory of gravitation
  • Index
  • About Richard Feynman

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