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Norbert Dragon - The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course - 9783642283284 - V9783642283284
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The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course

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Description for The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course Paperback. Shows that with simple diagrams time dilatation, length contraction and Lorentz transformations can be deduced from the fact that in the vacuum one cannot distinguish physically straight and uniform motion from rest, and that the speed of light does depend on the speed of either the source or the observer. Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics. Num Pages: 151 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.

In this concise primer it is shown that, with simple diagrams, the phenomena of time dilatation, length contraction and Lorentz transformations can be deduced from the fact that in a vacuum one cannot distinguish physically straight and uniform motion from rest, and that the speed of light does not depend on the speed of either the source or the observer. The text proceeds to derive the important results of relativistic physics and to resolve its apparent paradoxes. A short introduction into the covariant formulation of electrodynamics is also given. This publication addresses, in particular, students of physics and mathematics in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Physics
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642283284
SKU
V9783642283284
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course
From the reviews: “This book is a concise primer on the geometry of special relativity theory, divided into six chapters … . chapters are accessible to non-physicists with little mathematical knowledge. … Many other important results in special relativity are briefly presented as well.” (Abraham A. Ungar, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2013) “This book arises from several years of ... Read more

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