Introduction to the relativity principle / G. Barton.
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TextPublication details: New York : John Wiley, 1999.Description: x, 230 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780471998952
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Preliminaries --
2. The relativity principle, and its application to Newtonian physics --
3. Einstein's relativity principle --
4. Lorentz transformations --
5. Invariant intervals and space-time diagrams --
6. Proper time and nonuniform diagrams --
7. Four vectors --
8. Four-acceleration --
9. Particle dynamics : momentum and energy --
10. Natural units, and the prevalence of MeV --
11. Systems of particles : four-momentum conservation using invariants --
12. Plane waves --
13. Light waves in empty space : aberration and Doppler effect --
Appendices.
Relativity, almost a hundred years old in its classic Einsteinian form, is one of the most fascinating threads running through science from Galileo′s day to ours. This book, based on a short course at the University of Sussex, presents relativity as a natural outgrowth of dynamics: the concepts are introduced through careful physical reasoning and simple mathematics, and are then applied over a wide range, well meshed with current undergraduate syllabuses.
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