The Natural Philosophy of TimeClarendon Press, 1980 - 399 Seiten |
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... Minkowski diagram , as in Fig . 6.1 . The diagram applies to a particular inertial observer A whose own space - time locus , or world line , is given by the t axis . The world lines EL and EM are the space - time paths of light rays ...
... Minkowski diagram , as in Fig . 6.1 . The diagram applies to a particular inertial observer A whose own space - time locus , or world line , is given by the t axis . The world lines EL and EM are the space - time paths of light rays ...
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... Minkowski diagram differs from that of ordinary Euclidean space based on the positive definite metric do2 = dx2 + dy2 + dz2 because the space - time metric ds2 , given by equation ( 6.4 ) , involves negative signs . Minkowski space - time ...
... Minkowski diagram differs from that of ordinary Euclidean space based on the positive definite metric do2 = dx2 + dy2 + dz2 because the space - time metric ds2 , given by equation ( 6.4 ) , involves negative signs . Minkowski space - time ...
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G. J. Whitrow. 7.6 . The Minkowski diagram and the nature of time We have seen that the ' universal ' time of physics is a much more complex concept than was at one time imagined . For , although ... Minkowski diagram and the nature of time.
G. J. Whitrow. 7.6 . The Minkowski diagram and the nature of time We have seen that the ' universal ' time of physics is a much more complex concept than was at one time imagined . For , although ... Minkowski diagram and the nature of time.
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
Urheberrecht | |
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