Introducing Special Relativity - Softcover

Williams, W. S. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415277620 ISBN 13: 9780415277624

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Introducing Special Relativity provides an easy and rewarding way into special relativity for first and second year university students studying physics. The author establishes the fundamentals of relativity at the outset of this book so readers fully understand the principles and know how to them before moving on to subjects, like time dilation, that often are a source of difficulty for students. The primary topics addressed include conserved relativistic energy and momentum, applications of the Lorentz transformation, and developments in 20th-century physics. This volume also reviews some of the early experiments in the development of special relativity.

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Synopsis:

The fundamentals of relativity are established at the outset in this book, so they are easily understood and applied before moving on to the subjects that cause difficulty for students, such as time dilation. The principle subjects include conserved relativistic energy and momentum, applications of the Lorentz transformation and developments in 20th-century physics. The author also reviews some of the early experiments in the development of special relativity. Providing an easy and rewarding way into special relativity, "Introducing Special Relativity" is essential for first- and second-year university students studying physics and their lecturers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415277620
• ISBN 13: 9780415277624
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264