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Pourquoi, si longtemps après sa publication en 1905, aurait-on encore besoin d'un nouveau livre sur la relativité d'Einstein ? Parce que malgré la littérature abondante dans ce domaine, peu d'ouvrages se limitent au formalisme mathématique strictement nécessaire pour faire comprendre aux lecteurs le sens physique de cette théorie. D'après David Mermin, la relativité devrait être une partie importante de l'éducation de chacun car après tout, c'est en grande partie une question de temps, un sujet que tout le monde connaît bien ! Le livre révèle que certaines de nos notions les plus intuitives sur le temps sont fausses et que la nature réelle du temps découverte par Einstein peut être rigoureusement expliquée sans mathématiques avancées.Cet ouvrage est le fruit de plus de trente ans d'expérience d'enseignement auprès d'étudiants non scientifiques. L'approche proposée est imaginative, précise et complète. Clair, vivant et informel, ce livre séduira les lecteurs intellectuellement curieux de toutes sortes, y compris les physiciens professionnels, qui seront intrigués par son approche très originale.

Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Relativity (Physics) --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Time. --- Relativité (physique) --- Relativité restreinte (physique) --- Temps.

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This book provides a thorough introduction to Einstein's special theory of relativity, suitable for anyone with a minimum of one year's university physics with calculus. It is divided into fundamental and advanced topics. The first section starts by recalling the Pythagorean rule and its relation to the geometry of space, then covers every aspect of special relativity, including the history. The second section covers the impact of relativity in quantum theory, with an introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. It also goes over the group theory of the Lorentz group, a simple introduction to supersymmetry, and ends with cutting-edge topics such as general relativity, the standard model of elementary particles and its extensions, superstring theory, and a survey of important unsolved problems. Each chapter comes with a set of exercises. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM illustrating, through interactive animation, classic problems in relativity involving motion.

Special relativity (Physics) --- 530.12 --- 530.12 Relativity principle --- Relativity principle --- Ether drift --- Mass energy relations --- Relativity theory, Special --- Restricted theory of relativity --- Special theory of relativity --- Relativity (Physics) --- Theory of relativity. Unified field theory --- Special relativity (Physics). --- Gravitation --- Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics --- Space and time

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Theory of relativity. Unified field theory --- 530.1 --- Basic principles of physics --- 530.1 Basic principles of physics --- Generalized spaces. --- Space and time. --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Espaces généralisés --- Espace et temps --- Relativité restreinte (Physique) --- Relativité restreinte (physique)

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Group theory --- Theory of relativity. Unified field theory --- Mathematical physics --- Lorentz transformations --- 530.1 --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Basic principles of physics --- Lorentz transformations. --- 530.1 Basic principles of physics --- Lorentz groups --- Lorentz, Groupes de --- Lorentz groups. --- Groupes topologiques --- Lie, Groupes de --- Relativité générale (physique) --- Representation des groupes --- Application des groupes a la physique --- Application a la physique

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Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory --- 530.1 --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Relativistic quantum theory --- Relativistic quantum mechanics --- Quantum theory --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- Basic principles of physics --- Relativistic quantum theory. --- Particles (Nuclear physics). --- 530.1 Basic principles of physics