The Manga Guide to Relativity

Everything's gone screwy at Tagai Academy. When the headmaster forces Minagi's entire class to study Einstein's theory...
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Author: Hideo Nitta
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Manga Guide to Relativity by Nitta, Hideo

The Manga Guide to Relativity

$52.70

The Manga Guide to Relativity

$52.70
Author: Hideo Nitta
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Everything's gone screwy at Tagai Academy. When the headmaster forces Minagi's entire class to study Einstein's theory of relativity over summer school, Minagi volunteers to go in their place. There's just one problem: He's never even heard of relativity before Luckily, Minagi has the plucky Miss Uraga to teach him.

Follow along with The Manga Guide to Relativity as Minagi learns about the non-intuitive laws that shape our universe. Before you know it, you'll master difficult concepts like inertial frames of reference, unified spacetime, and the equivalence principle. You'll see how relativity affects modern astronomy and discover why GPS systems and other everyday technologies depend on Einstein's extraordinary discovery.

The Manga Guide to Relativity also teaches you how to:
-Understand and use E = mc2, the world's most famous equation
-Calculate the effects of time dilation using the Pythagorean theorem
-Understand classic thought experiments like the Twin Paradox, and see why length contracts and mass increases at relativistic speeds
-Grasp the underpinnings of Einstein's special and general theories of relativity

If the idea of bending space and time really warps your brain, let The Manga Guide to Relativity straighten things out.

Author: Hideo Nitta, Masafumi Yamamoto, Keita Takatsu
Publisher: No Starch Press
Published: 04/15/2011
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.02w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781593272722
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2011

About the Author
Masafumi Yamamoto earned his PhD in Applied Physics from the Graduate School of Engineering at Hokkaido University. His numerous publications include books on physics, electromagnetism, and lasers.

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