ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1974
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Matematika
Autor: Strani

Lev Landau, Yuriy Rumer - What is the Theory of Relativity?
Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1974
61 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro, potpis na predlistu.

Legendary physicist Lev Landau apart from the Physics for Everyone series wrote another book on popular science, with Y. Rumer, it is called What is the theory of relativity?

The book is an attempt to make the readers understand the basic concepts of theory of relativity, both special and general. It serves as an excellent introduction to the subject. In the 64 pages of the book, each page is informative and I think you cannot have a more precise popular introduction to the difficult subject.

The book was published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in the 1959 and again by Mir in 1970s. It was translated from the Russian by A. Zdornykh and edited by V. Schneierson. Simultaneously it was also published in the west by Basic Books (translation by N. Kemmer) in 1960 and recently Dover has brought a reprint in 2003.

The book contains following sections:
Chapter 1 The Relativity We Are Used To
Chapter 2 Space Is Relative
Chapter 3 The Tragedy Of Light
Chapter 4 Time Is Relative
Chapter 5 Capricious Clocks and Rulers
Chapter 6 Mass

`An excellent introduction to complicated but fascinating subject.` — Booklist.This compelling book offers readers with no technical expertise beyond arithmetic an enlightening tour of the paradoxes inherent in the special theory of relativity, guided by a pair of eminent theoretical physicists.Novel Prize physicist L. D. Landau and his distinguished colleague G. B. Rumer, employ a simple and straightforward manner to illuminate relativity theory`s more subtle and elusive aspects. Using such familiar objects as trains, rulers, and clocks, the authors explain the reasoning behind seemingly self-contradictory ideas in which the relative seems absolute, but the absolute proves to be relative. A series of playful cartoons highlights the authors` witty observations on the laws governing inertia, the speed of light, the relationship of work and mass, and other relativistic concepts.`The exposition is masterful . . . a superb book.` — New York Times Book Review.


Nonfiction, Physics