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Walking with Christiaan Huygens [E-Book] : From Archimedes' Influence to Unsung Contributions in Modern Science /
Table of Contents: ... -- Chapter 6. Huygens and the clock -- Chapter 7. Huygens-Fresnel principle -- Chapter 8. Huygens and special relativity -- Chapter 9. Huygens and centrifugal force -- Chapter 10 Huygens and curvature -- Chapter 11. What Huygens could have written on diffraction...

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Poincaré, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity [E-Book] : An End to the Controversy /
Table of Contents: .... Einstein's -- The Reception of the Special Relativity in Europe -- The Race for the Nobel Prize -- Conclusion....

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Seven Fundamental Concepts in Spacetime Physics [E-Book] /
Subject (ZB): ...Special relativity (Physics)....

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The Geometry of Spacetime [E-Book] : A Mathematical Introduction to Relativity Theory /
Table of Contents: ...Differentiable manifolds -- Tangent vectors -- Tensors -- Semi-Riemann manifolds -- Special relativity -- Differential forms -- Covariant derivation of vector fields -- Curvature -- Matter -- Geodesy -- Covariant differentiation of tensor fields -- Lie...

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Variational Principles in Physics [E-Book] : From Classical to Quantum Realm /
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Special Relativity for the Enthusiast [E-Book] /
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Differential Geometry and General Relativity. Volume 1 [E-Book] /
Table of Contents: ...Topological Spaces in Brief -- Manifolds and Tensor Fields -- The Riemann (Intrinsic) Curvature Tensor -- Lie Derivative, Killing Fields and Hypersurfaces -- Differential Forms and Their Integrals -- Special Relativity -- Foundations of General...

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Constructing the Edifice of Mechanics [E-Book] : From Newton to Modernity /
Table of Contents: ...1. Newtonian Mechanics -- 2. Newtonian Mechanics Reformulated -- 3. Two Body Problem and the Solar System -- 4. Special Relativity Theory -- 5. The Newtonian Gravitational Interaction -- 6. Mechanics using Integral Principles -- 7. Many-Particle Systems...

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Astrophysics Is Easy! [E-Book] : An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer /
Table of Contents: ...1. Tools of the trade -- 2. The Solar System -- 3. The Interstellar Medium -- 4. Star Birth -- 5. The Sun and Stars -- 6. The Death of Stars -- 7. Special Relativity -- 8. General Relativity. 9. Black Holes -- 10. Exoplanets -- 11. Galaxies -- 12. Active...

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Fundamentals of modern physics : unveiling the mysteries [E-Book] /
Table of Contents: ...1. Introduction to the fundamental parts of modern physics -- 1.1. History of physics up to the establishment of Newtonian mechanics -- 1.2. Mystery of light -- 1.3. Theory of special relativity -- 1.4. Theory of general relativity -- 1.5. Quantum...

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Understanding Relativity [E-Book] : A Conceptual Journey Into Spacetime, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves /
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Fundamentals of Particle Accelerator Physics [E-Book] /
Table of Contents: ...Introduction -- Electromagnetism and Special Relativity for Accelerators -- Historical development and classification of accelerators -- Radiofrequency accelerating structures -- Single particle dynamics in high energy accelerators -- Hamiltonian...

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A First Course on Symmetry, Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics [E-Book] : The Foundations of Physics /
Table of Contents: ...Introduction -- Symmetry and Physics -- Formal Aspects of Symmetry -- Symmetries and Linear Transformations.-Special Relativity I: The Basics.-Special Relativity II: In Depth.-General Relativity -- Introduction to the Quantum -- The Wave Function...

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General Relativity and Gravitational Waves [E-Book] : Essentials of Theory and Practice /
Table of Contents: ...Preface -- 1 Special Relativity -- 2 Equivalence Principle -- 3 Tensor algebra in curvilinear coordinates -- 4 The Geometry of Curved Spaces and Tensor Calculus -- 5 Einstein's Equations -- 6 Schwarzschild Solution and Black Holes -- 7 Tests of GR -- 8...

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Modern Physics [E-Book] : Introduction to Statistical Mechanics, Relativity, and Quantum Physics  /
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The Challenges of Time [E-Book] : Myth, Physics, Environment /
Subject (ZB): ...Special relativity (Physics)....

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Special Relativity [E-Book] : For Inquiring Minds /
Table of Contents: ...Part1: Relativity -- Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Geometry -- Chapter3: Spacetime -- Chapter4: Galilean Relativity -- Chapter5: Special Relativity A -- Chapter6: Special Relativity B -- Chapter7: Special Relativity C....

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Relativistic Dynamics of a Charged Sphere [E-Book] : Updating the Lorentz-Abraham Model /
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Modern Special Relativity [E-Book] : A Student's Guide with Discussions and Examples /
Table of Contents: ...What is (Special) Relativity? -- Light and the aether -- Material Bodies in SR -- Time Dilation -- The Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction -- Relativistic Coordinate Transformation -- Some Consequences of Lorentz Transformation -- Time Measurement...

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Elementary Particles and Their Interactions [E-Book] /
Table of Contents: ...Introduction -- Special Relativity and Lorentz Transformations -- Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of Single Particles -- Field Theory and Lagrangians -- Quantum Electro-Dynamics (QED) -- Decay Processes -- Fermi Theory of Weak Interactions -- Gauge...

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