Time and the Space-Traveller - Hardcover

L. Marder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812276507 ISBN 13: 9780812276503

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 1972

Synopsis

A readable, well illustrated, and often entertaining book surveying the main issues in the controversy over "time-dilation" and the "clock paradox" in Einstein's theory of relativity.

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Review:

"Unusually clear. . . . [Time and the Space-Traveller] treats the twin paradox fairly and broadly, everywhere with good sense and good physics. . . . Enjoyable reading for any one with a taste for physical argument."—Scientific American

" [Time and the Space-Traveller] makes this interesting debate accessible to the nonspecialist."—Times Literary Supplement

"A thorough and wide-ranging survey. . . . A pleasure to read."—Choice

"I read Time and the Sapce-Traveller with considerable pleasure and am delighted that someone has collected all the material on the clock paradox."—Isaac Asimov

From the Author:

L. Mader was Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Southampton.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0812276507
• ISBN 13: 9780812276503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208