Space and time in special relativity
by N. David Mermin · first published 1968
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Special relativity is a fact. It is literally how the universe works. I don't know what else to say. There's no debate, it's a certainty that you cannot transmit information faster than light. Space and Time in Special Relativity is 240 pages, and you only really need to read like half of them. Maybe gravity doesn't exist on the sun. Maybe electrons attract in the Sahara desert. This is what you're suggesting. Authors are making…
on “New periodic orbits of the three-body problem” ↗I remember a while back there was a post by one of Prof. Sussman's grad students on books he (Sussman) recommends[0]. One of the books (improbably[1] prescribed for high school students) was Space and Time in Special Relativity by David Mermin. Does anyone have experience reading this book as a way to learn special relativity? [0] http://aurellem.org/thoughts/html/sussman-reading-list.html [1] One of the other books recommended…
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