Introducing Special Relativity

ISBN-13: 9780415277624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 264 str.

W. S. Williams; Williams Williams

Opis

This text provides an easy route into special relativity for first- and second-year university students studying physics. The subjects that cause students difficulty, such as time-dilation, are delayed to allow the establishment of confidence that the greater part of relativity is easy to understand and apply correctly. This plan involves an early move towards the four vectors and readers are gradually guided towards their use.

Spis treści

Introduction. Momentum and Energy in Special Relativity. Relativistic Kinematics I. Electrodynamics. The Foundations of Special Relativity. Relativistic Kinematics II. The Lorentz Transformation for the Space-Time Coordinates. The Formalities of Special Relativity. Some Developments in Special Relativity. A Postponed Prelude.

O autorze

W.S.C. Williams