Special Relativity for the Enthusiast [E-Book] / by Thomas Strohm.
This textbook introduces special relativity with a focus on a profound understanding of the physics behind the theory. The main part of the book is targeted to undergraduates, for physics education, for undergraduate students in natural sciences in general, and even to interested laypersons. To serv...
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| Personal Name(s): | Strohm, Thomas, author |
| Edition: |
1st edition 2023. |
| Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2023
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| Physical Description: |
XVI, 344 pages 149 illustrations, 137 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783031219245 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-031-21924-5 |
| Subject (LOC): |
- Introduction
- The limits of classical mechanics
- The relativity principle of classical mechanics
- Waves and light
- The unsuccessful quest for the absolute inertial frame
- Einstein's solution: the special theory of relativity
- Relativity of simultaneity
- Length contraction
- Time dilatation
- Relativistic addition of velocities
- The Lorentz transformation
- Energy and momentum
- Electrodynamics
- Résumé
- Bibliography
- Index.