Special Relativity and Motions Faster than Light |
| Moses Fayngold; Illustrator: Roland Wengenmayr |
| Since first being formulated by Albert Einstein, the theory of special relativity has fascinated scientists, science fiction writers, futurists, and crackpots. While the theory is often associated with the idea of traveling faster than light, this book shows that in all these cases subtle forces of nature conspire to prevent these motions being harnessed to send signals faster than the speed of light. Moses Fayngold is Special Lecturer at the Physcis Department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In this work, he brings together a self-consistent collection of topics in special relativity, providing readers with interesting material for further study and impulses for future ideas. Among other things, he includes recent experiments demonstrating superluminal propagation of light pulses. The author tackles these topics both conceptually, with minimal or no mathematics, and quantitatively, making use of numerous illustrations to clarify the discussion. The result is a joy to read for both scientists familiar with the subject and laypeople wishing to understand something of special relativity.
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| Paperback |
320 Pages
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3527403442
$50.00 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
