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9780198567479

Special Relativity: A First Encounter 100 years since Einstein

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    9780198567479

  • ISBN10:

    0198567472

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-05-26
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Special relativity provides the foundations of our knowledge of space and time. Without it, our understanding of the world, and its place in the universe, would be unthinkable. This book gives a concise, elementary, yet exceptionally modern, introduction to special relativity. It is a gentle yet serious 'first encounter', in that it conveys a true understanding rather than purely reports the basic facts. Only very elementary mathematical knowledge is needed to master it (basic high-school maths), yet it will leave the reader with a sound understanding of the subject. Special Relativity: A First Encounterstarts with a broad historical introduction and motivation of the basic notions. The central chapters are dedicated to special relativity, mainly following Einstein's historical route. Later chapters turn to various applications in all parts of physics and everyday life. Unlike other books on the subject, the current status of the experimental foundations of special relativity is accurately reported and the experiments explained. This book will appeal to anyone wanting a introduction to the subject, as well as being background reading for students beginning a course in physics.

Author Biography

Domenico Giulini is apl. Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Origin and significance of special relativityp. 1
Historical developmentsp. 5
Foundations of special relativityp. 38
Further consequences and applications of special relativityp. 86
Closer encounters with special topicsp. 110
Symbols, units, constantsp. 161
Picture creditsp. 162
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