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020 _a0070430276
050 _aQC173.65.M66
100 _aMoore, Thomas A.
245 _aA traveller's guide to spacetime: an introductory to special theory of relativity. /
_cThomas A. Moore
260 _aNew York:
_bMcgraw-Hill,
_c1995.
300 _axvi, 223 p.:
_c24cm.
500 _aIncludes Index.
505 _aContents:The principle of relativity -- Synchronization, units and spacetime diagrams -- The Nature of time -- The Metric equation -- Proper time -- Coordinate transformation -- Lorentz contraction -- The Cosmic speed limit -- Four-momentum -- Conservation of four-momentum -- Applications to practical physics -- Appendix A: Conversion of equation to SI units.
650 _aSpecial relativity.
_xOverall presentation
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_cBK
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