The Manga Guide to Relativity

Everything&#146;s gone screwy at Tagai Academy. When the headmaster forces Minagi&#146;s entire class to study Einstein&#146;s theory of relativity over summer school Minagi volunteers to go in their place. There&#146;s just one problem: He&#146;s never even heard of relativity before! Luckily Minagi has the plucky Miss Uraga to teach him.<br><br>Follow along with <i>The Manga Guide to Relativity</i> as Minagi learns about the non-intuitive laws that shape our universe. Before you know it you&#146;ll master difficult concepts like inertial frames of reference unified spacetime and the equivalence principle. You&#146;ll see how relativity affects modern astronomy and discover why GPS systems and other everyday technologies depend on Einstein&#146;s extraordinary discovery.<br><br><i>The Manga Guide to Relativity</i> also teaches you how to:<br>&#150;Understand and use E = mc2 the world&#146;s most famous equation<br>&#150;Calculate the effects of time dilation using the Pythagorean theorem<br>&#150;Understand classic thought experiments like the Twin Paradox and see why length contracts and mass increases at relativistic speeds<br>&#150;Grasp the underpinnings of Einstein&#146;s special and general theories of relativity<br><br>If the idea of bending space and time really warps your brain let <i>The Manga Guide to Relativity</i> straighten things out.