Relativity made relatively easy

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This book unfolds the subject of Relativity for undergraduate students of physics. It fills a gap between introductory descriptions and texts for researchers. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all the Relativity needed for a university course, with explanations as simple, thorough, and engaging as possible

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Full title :Relativity made relatively easy / Andrew M. Steane

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Publication Date:2012

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012

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Description:xv, 419 s

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ISBN:9780199662852, 0199662851, 9780199662869, 019966286X
oclc:ocn819673451
Dewey Decimal:530.11

PART I: THE RELATIVISTIC WORLD; 1. Basic ideas; 2. The Lorentz transformation 3. Moving light sources; 4. Dynamics; 5. The conservation of energy-momentum; 6. Further kinematics; 7. Relativity and electromagnetism; 8. Electromagnetic radiation; PART II: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY; 9. The Principle of Equivalence; 10. Warped spacetime; 11. Physics from the metric; PART III: FURTHER SPECIAL RELATIVITY; 12. Tensors and index notation; 13. Rediscovering electromagnetism; 14. Lagrangian mechanics; 15. Angular momentum; 16. Energy density; 17. What is spacetime?