Relativity in curved spacetime : life without special relativity / Eric Baird.
Publication details: [S.l.] : Chocolate Tree Books, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780955706806 (pbk.)
- 0955706807
- 530.11 22
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Table of Contents
Part I Background Physics
1. The Speed of Light 3
2. Gravity, Energy and Mass 13
3. Curved Space and Time 23
4. Relativity 33
5. The Newtonian Catastrophe 51
Part II Effects Due to Relative Motion
6. Doppler Shifts
7. Apparent Length-Changes in Moving Objects 71
8. Aberration of Angles 77
9. Moving Bodies Drag Light 85
Part III Limits to Observation
10. Quantum Mechanics and Observability 103
11. Dark Stars and Black Holes 117
Part IV Updating Standard Theory
12. What's Wrong with General Relativity 147
13. Horrible Nasty Mathematics 171
Part V Flat Spacetime and Special Relativity
14. Einsten's Special Theory of Relativity183
15. So, What's Wrong with the Special Theory 195
16. Experimental Evidence for Special Relativity 209
Part VI Future Physics
17. Cosmologies 225
18. Trouble with Wormholes 251
19. Metric Engineeing and Warp Drives 269
Part VII The Human Factor
20. Limitations of Language and Procedure 293
21. The Perils of Experimentation 317
22. Concussions 335
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-369) and index.
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