内容简介
Whilethetheoryofspecialrelativityisoftenassociatedwiththeideaoftravelingfasterthanlight,thisbookshowsthatinallthesecasessubtleforcesofnatureconspiretopreventthesemotionsbeingharnessedtosendsignalsfasterthanthespeedoflight.Theauthortacklesthesetopicsbothconceptually,withminimalornomathematics,andquantitatively,makinguseofnumerousillustrationstoclarifythediscussion.Theresultisajoytoreadforbothscientistsfamiliarwiththesubjectandlaypeoplewishingtounderstandsomethingofspecialrelativity.