A Traveler's Guide To Spacetime |  | Author: Thomas Moore
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1030718
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0070430276
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.11
EAN: 9780070430273
ASIN: 0070430276
Publication Date: January 1, 1995
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Product Description
This innovative, inexpensive supplement will add a special dimension to any general physics class, or advanced course in special relativity. Professor Moore has written a concise yet thorough introduction to topics in special relativity, developing concepts clearly and presenting them in an accessible manner.
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 A Traveler's Guide to Spacetime August 26, 2009
T. Moe (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is in decent condidtion. I recieved it very quickly and was impressed with the speed of the delivery.
 never thought i'd write this about a textbook April 9, 2007
froeschele
This book is incredibly comprehensible and interesting. It was vaguely assigned as supplemental reading for my physics class and I read it in two days because I was hooked.
Great content, but get it cheaper! November 19, 2006
AJD (So Cal)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent introduction to special relativity. It very carefully distinguishes between the different types of time measurements. Also, it is one of the few introductory books that actually teaches the reader how to make use of spacetime diagrams. Advanced topics such as transformations of electromagnetic fields are not covered, but this this book will give you a strong basis for further study.
If want to get the same content for about $20 less, buy Unit R of Thomas Moore's Six Ideas That Shaped Physics. It seems that A Traveler's Guide to Spacetime became one volume in that series. Also, the Six Ideas book is in the second edition, but this book has not been updated.
One of the most easily understandable books in physics!! November 19, 1998
Rish Pai (rkp3@po.cwru.edu) (Cleveland Heights)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not only did Thomas Moore write a great book, he is also an excellent teacher. It is relativity made easy. Be sure to look for the Six Ideas that Shaped Physics if you really want to learn general physics. Moore emphasizes the models of physics, not the equations generate dby these models.
 read this book! September 15, 1998
kd725@bard.edu (Northern Vermont)
A Traveler's Guide to Spacetime is a wonderful introduction to the realm of Special Relativity. Moore presents the material in interesting format combining imaginative scenarios of evil space cadets with intuitive yet complicated equations.
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