https://bib.cozmix.cloud/files/original/d303a72ada52b652fdc0bda2748b5b48.png e958736d0cc9e1a7429ccc70612bc9ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Natuurkunde Boek Een boek. ISBN International Standard Book Number 9-780-4864-0676-3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NAT0908 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Banesh Hoffman Title A name given to the resource Relativity and its roots Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Dover Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Description An account of the resource In this fascinating, accessible introduction to one of the most revolutionary developments in modern physics, Einstein scholar Banesh Hoffmann recounts the successive insights that led to both the special and general theories of relativity.<br /> Using simple examples from everyday life, the author presents entertaining, nontechnical demonstrations of what relativity actually means and how it has revolutionized our ideas of time and space. Starting with the geometrical and cosmological ideas of the ancient Greeks, the author traces the succession of ideas and advances that paved the way for modern physics, including the theories of Kepler and Newton, Galilean mechanics, the work on electricity and magnetism by Faraday and Maxwell, and many other relevant topics.<br /> Complete with easily understood analogies and numerous instructive diagrams, this stimulating volume brings the complexities of relativity into focus for all readers, even for those with no math or science background Language A language of the resource Engels