The Special Theory of Relativity
Volume in the series
Publisher:Mercury Learning and Information
By: Dennis Morris
Paid access
|Jun 2016
Table of contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 An Overview of the Theory of Special Relativity
Chapter 2 The Results of Special Relativity Without Detailed Explanation
Chapter 3 Special Relativity in Physics
Chapter 4 The Nature of Space
Chapter 5 Physical Constants
Chapter 6 Numbers
Chapter 7 Comments on Matrices
Chapter 8 Introduction to Finite Groups
Chapter 9 Trigonometric Functions
Chapter 10 Introduction to Vectors
Chapter 11 The Nature of Velocity
Chapter 12 Simultaneity
Chapter 13 The Lorentz Transformation
Chapter 14 Velocity and Acceleration Transformations
Chapter 15 The Nature of Straight Lines and the Twin Paradox
Chapter 16 4–Vectors
Chapter 17 4-Momentum and Relativistic Mass
Chapter 18 Doing it With Matrices
Chapter 19 Electromagnetism
Chapter 20 Quaternions
Chapter 21 Electromagnetism With Quaternions
Chapter 22 4-Dimensional Space-time and the Lorentz Group
Chapter 23 The Expanding Universe and the Cosmic Background Radiation
Chapter 24 Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
29 chapters available
PDF ISBN: 978-1-68392-319-0 | E-Pub ISBN: 978-1-944534-38-7 | Paperback ISBN: 978-1-942270-72-0 | DOI: 10.1515/9781683923190
Publisher: Mercury Learning and Information
Copyright owner: © 2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 314
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