Introduction to Special Relativity - Softcover

Rindler, Wolfgang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198531826 ISBN 13: 9780198531821

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

An updated edition of the title for students taking an introductory course on special relativity with a conceptual and mathematical emphasis. It assumes no prior knowledge of relativity and much emphasis has been laid on developing the student's intuition for space-time geometry and four-tensor calculus without rejecting three-dimensional methods.

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Review

From reviews of the first edition: 'This will be a really useful book for students for years, perhaps decades, to come.' Nature

'...Rindler's book should be a convenient and valuable (and affordable) addition to the advanced physics students's shelves' American Journal of Physics

'The author's pedagogic skills are apparent in his ability to underline and clearly explain the conceptual intricacies embodied in Einstein's postulates... giving lucid and illuminating accounts of the conventional basic topics' Physics Education

'The text of the first edition is refined and improved. Major changes concern the derivation of the Lorentz transformation and the development of continuum mechanics.'B. Wegner, Mathematics Abstracts, 781/94

From the Back Cover

This book elaborates the underlying logic, dwells on the subtleties and apparent paradoxes, and also contains a large collection of problems which should just about cover all the basic modes of thinking and calculating in special relativity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198531826
• ISBN 13: 9780198531821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196