Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath. 1st ed. 2006

種類:

電子ブック

責任表示:

by C.V. Vishveshwara

出版情報:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Copernicus, 2006

著者名:

• Vishveshwara, C.V.
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ISBN:

9783540332008 [3540332006]    

注記:

The Bathtub -- The Stellar Bed -- The Casanova Connection -- Footprints of the Giants -- Cosmic Framework -- A Moving Experience -- The Fabric of Spacetime -- Grappling with Gravity -- Beetles on a Branch -- Tub Talk -- The First Solution and the Last Statement -- Sphere of Darkness -- The Voracious Whirlpool -- Dynamics of the Unique -- A Date With Dante -- Imprints of the Invisible -- Celestial Swan Song -- Cibo Per La Mente -- Curtain Call -- Foundations of Fact and Fantasy.
"The bubbles were swirling all around me massaging my body ... As I luxuriated in this fantastic bubble bath, my eyes grew heavy and I drifted into a supremely blissful slumber." So begins Alfie's encounter with a remarkable and revelatory bathtub purchased from a mysterious neighbour named Al. Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath tells the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest developments in astrophysics, focusing on Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity and black-hole physics. Through engaging conversations and napkin-scribbled diagrams come tumbling the rudiments of relativity, spacetime and much of modern physics, narrated with high didactic and literary talent, and each embedded in casual lessons given by a worldly astrophysicist to his friend Alfie, a freelance organiser of proposals. Join the intellectual fun and exalt in the frothy ideas while vicariously taking relaxing baths in this magical bathtub. Prof. C.V. Vishveshwara is a renowned the

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