Introductory Special Relativity

ISBN-13: 9780850668384 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 276 str.

W. G. V. Rosser; Rosser G. V. Rosser

Opis

This is a physics textbook for first-year undergraduates. Among the subjects covered are Newtonian mechanics and the Galilean transformations, Lorentz transformations, the principle of constancy, velocity transformations, relativistic mechanics, relativistic electromagnetism and the clock paradox.

Spis treści

PREFACE, 1. NEWTONIAN MECHANICS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY, 2. MOTION OF CHARGES IN ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS, 3. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY, 4. SPECIAL RELATIVITY AND THE LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS, 5. RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS AND OPTICS, 6. RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS AND CONSERVATION LAWS, 7. FOUR-VECTOR METHODS, 8. ELECTROMAGNETISM AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY, 9. SPACE TRAVEL AND THE CLOCK PARADOX, APPENDIX A. THE MICHELSON - MORLEY EXPERIMENT, APPENDIX B. SIMULTANEITY OF SPATIALLY SEPARATED EVENTS, APPENDIX C. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE, ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS, INDEX

O autorze

Rosser, W G V