My first book of relativity
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/530.11/FERRON,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lewes, East Sussex : Button Books, 2019
©2019
©2019
DESCRIPTION
47 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781787080331, 9781787080324, 1787080323, 1787080331
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Einstein's theory of relativity is one of the cornerstones of modern physics but it requires a total rethink of our notions of time and space. Strange things happen in a relative universe: length and time are not fixed and depend upon your frame of reference. If you move at high speed, time slows down, space contracts and weight increases. So a period of time for someone on Earth that lasts for hundreds of years may only be a couple of hours for someone travelling in a rocket close to the speed of light. It's mind-boggling stuff, but the theory of relativity has a real impact on our world today
Junior primary school age