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Tag Archives: time
Tomorrow? … Yesterday? – Zubkov
In this post, we will see the book Tomorrow? … Yesterday? by Boris Zubkov. About the book A book describing history and evolution of measuring time at different epochs. Discusses various natural phenomena which were used to keep calendars and … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, children's books, children's science, engineering, malysh publishers, popular science, science, soviet, technology
Tagged calendar, circadian rhythm, clocks, history of time, optimisation, phases of moon, popular science, soviet, technology, tides, time, time measurement
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Tick Tock – Stepnova
In this post, we will see the book Tick Tock compiled by I. Stepnova. The fantastic illustrations are by B. Rytman. About the book This children’s book looks at various aspects of time from reading clocks, calendars, day and night, … Continue reading
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Tagged calendar, clocks, hands on, light, making, meteorology, popular science, rainbow, seasons, sun dials, telescopes, time, weather
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Astronomical Problems – Vorontsov-Vel’yaminov
In this post, we will see the book Astronomical Problems: Any Introductory Course in Astronomy by B. A. Vorontsov-Vel’yaminov. We had earlier seen his book Essays About The Universe. About the book AN IMPORTANT part in the teaching of any … Continue reading
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Tagged aberration, apparent motion, astronomical instruments, astronomy problems, calender, celestial coordinates, celestial sphere, comets, culmination, double stars, earth, eclispes, interpolation, latitude, longitude, meteors, moon, novae, parallax, phases of the moon, planets, precession, problem books, rising, sun, time, variable stars
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At the Crossroads of Infinities – Parnov
In this post, we will see the book At the crossroads of infinities by E. I. Parnov. About the book At the Crossroads of Infinities is a story about the struggle of ideas out of which the modern physical picture … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, soviet
Tagged development, elementary particles, history of science, ideas, mir books, quantum mechanics, space, special relativity, theories, time, unified theory, universe
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The Mystery of The Earth’s Mantle – Malakhov
In this post, we will see the book The Mystery of The Earth’s Mantle by A. Malakhov. About the book What is the inside of the Earth like; what mysteries does its mantle conceal? What will the sensitive feelers of superdeep … Continue reading
The Principles of Philosophy – Rakitov
In this post, we will see the book The Principles of Philosophy by Anatoly Rakitov. About the book: The structure of this book permits the student to read and master its matter in varying order according to the aims and purposes he … Continue reading
Posted in books, philosophy, progress publishers, soviet
Tagged aesthetics, book, cognition, consciousness, development, dialectical-materialism, dialectics, empiricism, environment, epistemology, ethics, history, idealism, knowledge, leninst, marxism, materialism, matter, method, moscow, motion, nature, philosophy, progress publishers, social, socio-economic, soviet, space, time, world view
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Albert Einstein’s Philosophical views and the Theory of Relativity – Gribanov
In this post, we will see the book Albert Einstein’s Philosophical Views and the Theory of Relativity by D. P. Gribanov. This book aims to bring out the place and role of philosophical science in the creation of the theory … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, classical mechanics, concepts, einstein, einstein studies, frames of reference, general relativity, genesis, history of science, matter, motion, philosophy, philosophy of science, physics, relativity, soviet science, space, special relativity, time
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Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics
In this post, we will see the book Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics. Many interesting articles are present in the book which would interest a physicist as well as students of history and philosophy of science. About the book: … Continue reading
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Tagged bohr, bridgman, cosmology, einstein, einstein studies, field theory, general relativity, geometry, gravitation, history of science, mach, philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, poincare, quantum mechanics, simultaneity, space, space-time, special relativity, theory of relativity, time
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Mechanics and Theory of Relativity – Matveev
In this post we will see a book by A. N. Matveev titled Mechanics and Theory of Relativity. About the book: This is the first volume (second Russian edition) of a course on general physics (the second, third and fourth … Continue reading
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Tagged angular momentum, coriolis acceleration, energy conservation, equivale, forces, fricion, galilean relativity, galilean transformation, general relativity, inertial frames, interial mass, laws of conservation, lorentz transformation, matveev, mechanics, mir books, moment of inertia, newton's laws, non-intertial frames, pendulum, physical quantities, physics, rigid body, special relativity, theory of relativity, time, units, velocity of light, zero gravity
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