Twice in a Blue Moon by Patricia Moyes

Twice in a Blue Moon by Patricia Moyes

Relativity has much to offer for a well-rounded education. Yet books on relativity either assume a strong background in physics and math, aimed at advanced physics students, or, alternatively, offer a broad description with little intellectual challenge. This book bridges the gap. It aims at readers with essentially no physics or math background, who still find it rewarding to think rigorously. The book takes a thinking tools approach, by first making readers comfortable with a new thinking tool and then applying it to learn more about how nature works. By the end of the book, readers will have collected a versatile toolbox and will be comfortable using the tools to think about and really understand the intriguing phenomena they may have only heard about, including the twin paradox, black holes, and time travel.

End-of-chapter exercises span a range of difficulty, allowing adventurous readers to stretch their understanding further as desired. Students who have studied, or are studying, relativity at a more mathematical level will also find the book useful for a more conceptual understanding.

Patricia Moyes (1923-2000) was a British mystery writer best known for her Henry Tibbet mystery series. Moyes served in the Royal Air Force as a radar operator and flight officer during WWII. She then worked as an assistant to actor and director Peter Ustinov, with whom she co-wrote a screenplay. She also worked as an assistant editor for British Vogue for a while. Moyes is a cat lover who has written two books about cats.

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ISBN 13	9780805028232
ISBN 10	0805028234
Title	Twice in a Blue Moon
Author	Patricia Moyes
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Henry Holt & Company
Year published	1993-09-01
Number of pages	181
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