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Author Apfel, Necia H.

Title It's all relative : Einstein's theory of relativity / by Necia H. Apfel ; diagrs. by Yukio Kondo.

Publication Info. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, [1981]
©1981

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  530.11 APFEL    Check Shelf
Description 141 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents With the speed of light -- What's relative? -- Strange and unexpected -- Principle of equivalence -- Space-time continuum -- Theory of absolutes -- Extra forty-three minutes of arc -- Bending of light -- Measure of time -- Saddle universe -- New language -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary Discusses the basic principles of relativity and uses "thought experiments" to explain concepts such as the relationship between space and time, gravitation and acceleration, and the curvature of space.
Subject Relativity (Physics) -- Juvenile literature.
Relativity (Physics)
Added Author Kondō, Yukio.
ISBN 068841981X
9780688419813
0688519814 library binding
9780688519810 library binding
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