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Special Relativity - Thomas M. Helliwell

Special Relativity

Buch | Hardcover
312 Seiten
2009
University Science Books,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-891389-61-0 (ISBN)
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Written in an clear and informal style, this text explores the most accessible of the 20th century revolutions in physics. It allows readers to build up physical intuition for what is going on, before presenting concise mathematical descriptions. It contains many applications, ten appendices, and numerous illustrations, examples and problems.

THOMAS M. HELLIWELL is Burton Bettingen Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Harvey Mudd College, USA. He received his B.A. from Pomona College, USA and his Ph.D. at Caltech, USA, where his thesis was on atomic physics and quantum mechanics. He has published more than 40 research papers, many with undergraduate coauthors, in quantum mechanics and general relativity. He has taught a wide variety of undergraduate courses, from beginning to advanced, in classical mechanics, special and general relativity, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and electromagnetism. He has also served as Director of the Freshman Division, Chair of the Physics Department, Chair of the Faculty, and Dean of Faculty.

Internal Frames and Classical Mechanics.- Light and Ether.- Einstein's Postulates.- Time Dilation.- Lengths.- Simultaneity.- Paradoxes.- The Lorentz Transformation.- Spacetime.- Momentum.- Energy.- Applications.- Transforming Energy and Momentum.- Gravitation.- Appendices.- A. The Binomial Approximation.- B. The 'Paradox' of Light-Spheres.- C. The Appearance of Moving Objects.- D. The Twin Paradox Revisited.- E. The 'Cosmic Speed Limit:'.- F. "Relativistic Mass" and Relativistic Forces.- G. The Ultimate Relativistic Spaceflight.- H. Nuclear Decays, Fission and Fusion.- I. Some Particles.- J. Relativity and Electromagnetism
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems.

Zusatzinfo 312 p.
Verlagsort Sausalito
Sprache englisch
Maße 220 x 280 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Relativitätstheorie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10 1-891389-61-0 / 1891389610
ISBN-13 978-1-891389-61-0 / 9781891389610
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