Light and Relativity : A New Hypothesis

by Fray, Alvin J.

• ISBN13: 9781560726418
• ISBN10: 1560726415
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
Historical Review	11	(16)
Velocity of light	11	(4)
Theories of light	15	(4)
James Clark Maxwell (1831-1879)	19	(3)
The Michelson-Morley experiment	22	(2)
Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894)	24	(3)
Mathematical Review	27	(6)
Review of vector algebra	27	(1)
Vector differentiation	28	(2)
Partial derivatives	30	(1)
Del	30	(1)
Divergence theorem of Gauss	31	(2)
Theory of Relativity	33	(10)
Einstein postulates	33	(1)
Time	34	(1)
Simultaneity	34	(1)
Transformation equations	35	(1)
Addition of velocities	35	(1)
Acceleration equations	36	(1)
Relativity Mechanics	36	(1)
Transformation of Force	37	(1)
Lagrange equations	37	(1)
Electromagnetic Relativity Theory	37	(2)
Charged particle in an electromagnetic field	39	(1)
Aberration	40	(1)
Doppler principle	41	(2)
New Hypothesis	43	(16)
Transformation Equations	44	(1)
Invariance of the velocity of light	45	(2)
Consequences of the transformation equations	47	(2)
Dynamics	49	(2)
Maxwell's Equations	51	(3)
Transformation of Maxwell's Equations	54	(5)
Appendix	59	(10)
1.A. Transformation of charges and currents	59	(1)
1.B. Charged particle in an electromagnetic field	60	(1)
2. Aberration	61	(1)
3. Another look at simultaneity	62	(1)
4. Notes on Gravitation Theory	63	(6)
References	69	(2)
Index	71