The Special Theory of Relativity: Foundations, Theory, Verification, Applications - Couverture souple

Christodoulides, Costas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319252720 ISBN 13 : 9783319252728

Editeur : Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive, university-level introduction to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. In addition to the purely theoretical aspect, emphasis is also given to its historical development as well as to the experiments that preceded the theory and those performed in order to test its validity.The main body of the book consists of chapters on Relativistic Kinematics and Dynamics and their applications, Optics and Electromagnetism. These could be covered in a one-semester course. A more advanced course might include the subjects examined in the other chapters of the book and its appendices.As a textbook, it has some unique characteristics: It provides detailed proofs of the theorems, offers abundant figures and discusses numerous examples. It also includes a number of problems for readers to solve, the complete solutions of which are given at the end of the book.It is primarily intended for use by university students of physics, mathematics and engineering. However, as the mathematics needed is of an upper-intermediate level, the book will also appeal to a more general readership.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Costas ChristodoulidesProfessor EmeritusDepartment of PhysicsSchool of Applied Mathematical and Physical SciencesNational Technical University of Athens, Greece

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319252720
• ISBN 13: 9783319252728
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 500
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