Introduction to Special Relativity

Rindler, Wolfgang

ISBN 10: 0198531818 / ISBN 13: 9780198531814

Edité par Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1982

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Synopsis :

An updated edition of the title for students taking an introductory course on special relativity with a conceptual and mathematical emphasis. It assumes no prior knowledge of relativity and much emphasis has been laid on developing the student's intuition for space-time geometry and four-tensor calculus without rejecting three-dimensional methods.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This book is intended for undergraduates taking an introductory course on special relativity which is rather more conceptually and mathematically than experimentally orientated. A suitably prepared reader could use it for self-study. It assumes no prior knowledge of relativity. Thus it elaborates the underlying logic, dwells on the subleties and apparent paradoxes, and also contains a large collection of problems which should just about cover all the basic modes of thinking and calculating in special relativity. Much emphasis has been laid on developing the student's intuition for space-time geometry and four-tensor calculus; but the approach is not so dogmatically four-dimensional that three-dimensional methods are rejected our of hand when they yield a result more directly. This updated new edition contains additional examples and problems, and the chapter on relativistic mechanics of continua has been substantially rewritten.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Introduction to Special Relativity
Éditeur : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Date d'édition : 1982
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Good
Edition : 1St Edition.