Download or read book Relativity and Common Sense written by Hermann Bondi and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1964-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This radically reoriented and popular presentation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity derives its concepts from Newtonian ideas rather than by opposing them. It demonstrates that time is relative rather than absolute, that high speeds affect the nature of time, and that acceleration affects speed, time, and mass. Very little mathematics is required, and 60 illustrations augment the text.
Download or read book relativity and common sense written by Hermann Bondi and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1964 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relativity and Common Sense written by Francis Medforth Denton and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relativity and common sense written by Hermann Bondi and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Return of Common Sense written by Robert L. Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Common Sense of the Theory of Relativity written by Paul R. Heyl and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relativity and common sense written by Sir Hermann BONDI and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Sense Time and Special Relativity written by Nataša Rakić and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physical Reality and Common Sense written by Walter Edwards and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conventional interpretation of modern physics is difficult to comprehend because it is not consistent with our sense based paradigm for physical reality (i.e., common sense). For example, the conventional interpretation of special relativity assumes time travel to the past is possible, while it is obviously not possible according to our common sense paradigm. In Physical Reality and Common Sense, John Bell's preferred frame interpretation of special relativity and quantum mechanics, supported by the now known structure of the universe, is used to construct an entirely new description of physical reality that will change the very foundations of modern physics.
Download or read book Common Sense written by Ilexa Yardley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The core assumption we use for everything is the number two. Where does the number two come from? Conservation of a circle (also known as zero and one). Everybody knows this. Everything linked to everything else by pi (a circle in the background) is common sense. Proving: nature is intelligent. Meaning, nature is the basis for intelligence in general (universally).
Download or read book Einstein Didn t Say That written by Don Griffin and published by . This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Einstein Didn't Say That" is a lighthearted but respectful exploration of the everyday logic behind special and general relativity. The first person to use the term 'curved space' was not Einstein, and not a physicist, but a reporter for the New York Times, who needed a catchy headline. What did Einstein really say, or not say, about curved space, time travel, wormholes, traveling twins, extra dimensions, multiple universes, dark matter and more? Have we been sold more sizzle than steak? With the help of dozens of quotes from well-known physicists, but mainly from Einstein himself, the author tries to separate Einstein's original ideas from some of the speculation that those ideas inspired in others. This is not a textbook or a history of physics, but rather the personal story of an ordinary guy's delight in discovering firsthand the genius, the logic, and the good old common sense in Einstein's work. When we take the time to look at what Einstein did say, and why, we can go on to develop our own opinions about the multitude of subsequent theories and ideas which claim to contain the DNA of relativity. An enjoyable pursuit!
Download or read book The Einstein Hoax written by H. E. Retic and published by . This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of this book was written a long time ago when the author first became aware of the concepts of Special and General Relativity. At the time he assumed that the subject was well thought out and understood by people more knowledgeable and probably more intelligent than himself. His goal was to learn from them and to understand the phenomena that was being described. He could not, however, accept the prevalent idea that the workings of Nature were beyond the ability of mere mortals to understand at the 'common sense' level. As he studied the subject, he learned that this dictum was an intellectual 'con game' by men who were acting in the manner of a priesthood defending the 'true faith' rather than scientists and who, when challenged on points which a bright physics or engineering student would easily understand, showed a rather limited ability to reason and covered their limitations by asserting that it was the challenger's limitations which prevented understanding. The dictum is not true, the mechanisms by which Nature operates are, for the most part, easily understood by reasonably bright (and interested) high school students, and the necessary mathematics and arguments to evaluate their validity of the are within knowledge of sophomore students of engineering and/or physics.(A knowledge of Integral Calculus, Elementary Physics, and Dimensional Analysis is all that is required for reader to check the material presented for himself.) It is the purpose of this book to make these mechanisms understandable to the general reader. This book contains three sections. The main section, 'The Einstein Hoax', starts with a description of the early history of Special and General Relativity and proceeds to show that the earlier published Lorentz Transformation-Aether Theory is, except for philosophical interpretation, identical to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and, in fact is a special case solution of that theory. As such, the Aether Theory must be a valid option if Special Relativity is to be considered valid. The Aether Theory, however, is easily understood in terms of 'common sense' while an examination of the conclusions of Special Relativity yield logical absurdities which no rational mind should be willing to accept. But, fair is fair, the proof of a theory or its interpretation is, and should be, in the experimental evidence. Fortunately, experiments in the field of Quantum Physics have demonstrated that photons emitted as pairs are coupled by their 'quantum numbers' (in this case their direction of polarization) and changing the plane of polarization of one of the photons changes the plane of polarization of the other. The interesting conclusion of these experiments is that the velocity of that coupling is at least four times the velocity of light and may even be infinite. A minor modification of the experimental setup would allow the effect to be used to determine the absolute velocity of the laboratory through space to an accuracy of better than 400 miles per second. Since the interpretation associated with Special Relativity cannot tolerate the idea of an absolute velocity, we must revert to the Lorentz Transformation-Aether Theory because Dr. Einstein's interpretation of Space-Time falls on its face. General Relativity is based upon the Principles of Relativity and of Equivalence, but a glance at its conclusions (the gravitational equivalents of the Lorentz Transformations for Velocity effects), shows that it erroneously yields results inconsistent with those principles. It yields a gravitational transformation for time which is not multiplicatively commutative (the property which allows Special Relativity to work) and yields a transformation for length of unity (the equivalent Lorentz Transformation for Length is the reciprocal of the Lorentz Transforma
Download or read book Reasoning in Physics written by L. Viennot and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a meaningful understanding of physics, it is necessary to realise that this corpus of knowledge operates in a register different from natural thought. This book aims at situating the main trends of common reasoning in physics with respect to some essential aspects of accepted theory. It analyses a great many research results based on studies of pupils and students at various academic levels, involving a range of physical situations. It shows the impressive generality of the trends of common thought, as well as their resistance to teaching. The book's main focus is to underline to what extent natural thought is organised. As a result of this mapping out of trends of reasoning, some suggestions for teaching are presented; these have already influenced recent curricula in France. This book is intended for teachers and teacher trainers principally, but students can also benefit from it to improve their understanding of physics and of their own ways of reasoning.
Download or read book The Principles of the Relativity Theory Deduced from the Common Sense written by Francesco Severi and published by . This book was released on 1936* with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid written by Benjamin W. Redekop and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid reveals that thinkers have pondered the nature of common sense and its relationship to science and scientific thinking for a very long time. It demonstrates how a diverse array of neglected early modern thinkers turn out to have been on the right track for understanding how the mind makes sense of the world and how basic features of the human mind and cognition are related to scientific theory and practice. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources and scholarship from the history of ideas, cognitive science, and the history and philosophy of science, this book helps readers understand the fundamental historical and philosophical relationship between common sense and science.
Download or read book Cosmic Sense Common Sense and Nonsense written by Douglas Edward Reinhardt and published by Philosophy of Science Applied. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmology borrows metaphysical and mystical baggage from quantum theory and relativity to explain large-scale, universal phenomena. The singularity in spacetime (a dimensionless point) is borrowed from General Relativity and is obviously a metaphysical construct since matter-energy cannot logically exist in non-space and non-time. The mystical idea of getting something from nothing is borrowed from quantum physicists who inform us that virtual particles can pop into existence out of the vacuum (which has zero-point energy) and can become real particles of matter under certain circumstances. This quantum foam, as it is called, gives a rationale for how the Big Bang could have banged into existence from nothing.The idea of space expansion comes from relativity which indicates that space is a flexible physical medium. However, the notion in cosmology, which contradicts relativity, is that space is expanding faster than light, moving galactic islands from each other at greater and greater distances. The patch for the faster-than-light space expansion contradiction is that matter is not moving faster than light because the matter in galaxies is at rest in space and is just being carried along at superluminal speeds. As Michio Kaku says:
Download or read book Reclaiming Common Sense written by Robert Curry and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common sense is the foundation of thinking and of human action. It is the indispensable basis for making our way in the world as individuals and in community with others, and the starting point for finding truth and building scientific knowledge. The philosophy of common-sense realism deeply informed the American Founders’ vision for a self-governing people, in a society where leaders and average citizens share essentially the same understanding of reality—of what simply makes sense. But today our confidence in the value and reliability of common sense has been badly shaken. Deep thinkers have rejected it. Elites have learned to disdain it. We’re told that we have moved into a more sophisticated world, where common sense is passé and the very concept of truth is outmoded. Indeed, the Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as the Word of the Year for 2016. Do we actually live in a post-truth reality? Have we moved beyond common sense? Can we? In this book, Robert Curry exposes the absurdity of the attacks on common sense, and demonstrates that we still live and move in the realm of common sense in our every waking moment. Drawing from philosophy and literature, science and psychiatry, Reclaiming Common Sense helps us regain our trust in the “superpower” we all have in common, while reminding us that we cannot get along without it.
