{"product_id":"kinematics-9780801891359","title":"Kinematics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartinez draws from an unparalleled wealth of sources to demonstrate why it is essential to the study and evolution of physics today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFascinating... Recommended. Choice The author uses clear and easy-to-understand language to describe how kinematics is essential to the modern study of physics. Scitech Book News 2010 A great deal of interesting historical material on kinematic ideas... the story of Einstein's pathway to discovery is a gem... an illuminating pleasure to read. Einstein, the smasher of earlier images of physics, would have been the first to applaud this very human account of himself and this period of his life. Perhaps this text will turn out to be inspirational reading for some future young Einstein! -- Peter J. Bussey Contemporary Physics 2011 The book is really two books in one... Martinez deserves our gratitude for digging up a rich selection of recollections. Physics in Perspective 2011 This often-overlooked branch of mechanics, which describes objects' motion, provided the foundation for special relativity. Science News Martinez draws from an unparalleled wealth of sources. -- Hans-Jurgen Schmidt Zentralblatt Math 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Big Picture: Rise of a Rejected Science\u003cbr\u003e2. Where to Begin? Invisible Causes or Visible Motions\u003cbr\u003e3. Ambiguous Truths: The Allegedly Pure Science of Motion\u003cbr\u003e4. Debates over Language: Coordinates versus Vectors\u003cbr\u003e5. Scientific Definitions: The Concepts of Space and Time\u003cbr\u003e6. Discovery and Invention: Conceptual Origins of Einstein's Relativity\u003cbr\u003e7. Text and Equations: Elements of Einstein's Kinematics\u003cbr\u003e8. Critical History: The Algebra of Motion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527631216983,"sku":"9780801891359","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801891359.jpg?v=1731868621","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kinematics-9780801891359","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}