Special Relativity
Published on 12. July 2017
296 pages
978-1-135-72900-4 (ISBN)
Description
The book opens with a description of the smooth transition from Newtonian to Einsteinian behaviour from electrons as their energy is progressively increased, and this leads directly to the relativistic expressions for mass, momentum and energy of a particle.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
6,57 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-72900-4 (9781135729004)
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Other editions
Additional editions
A.P. French
Special Relativity
Book
09/1968
1st Edition
Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Content
Preface, 1 Departures from newtonian dynamics, 2 Perplexities in the propagation of light, 3 Einstein and the Lorentz-Einstein transformations, 4 Relativity and the measurement of lengths and time intervals, 5 Relativistic kinematics, 6 Relativistic dynamics-collisions and conservation laws 7 More about relativistic dynamics, 8 Relativity and electricity, Epilogue, A short bibliography, Answers to problems, Index
