Basic Concepts in Relativity

, by Resnick, Robert; Halliday, David

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ISBN: 9780023993459 | 0023993456
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Copyright: 3/1/1992

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The Experimental Background of the Theory of Special Relativity	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Galilean Transformations	p. 3
Newtonian Relativity	p. 6
Electromagnetism and Newtonian Relativity	p. 11
Attempts to Locate the Absolute Frame--The Michelson-Morley Experiment	p. 12
Attempts to "Save the Ether"--The Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction	p. 19
Attempts to "Save the Ether"--The Ether-Drag Hypothesis	p. 20
Attempts to Modify Electrodynamics	p. 25
The Postulates of Special Relativity Theory	p. 27
Einstein and the Origin of Relativity Theory	p. 28
Relativistic Kinematics	p. 42
The Relativity of Simultaneity	p. 42
Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation Equations	p. 47
Some Consequences of the Lorentz Transformation Equations	p. 54
The Lorentz Equations--A More Physical Look	p. 63
The Observer in Relativity	p. 72
The Relativistic Addition of Velocities	p. 72
Aberration and Doppler Effect in Relativity	p. 77
The Common Sense of Special Relativity	p. 83
Relativistic Dynamics	p. 104
Mechanics and Relativity	p. 104
The Need to Redefine Momentum	p. 105
Relativistic Momentum	p. 106
The Relativistic Force Law and the Dynamics of a Single Particle	p. 110
Some Experimental Results	p. 117
The Equivalence of Mass and Energy	p. 122
Relativity and Electromagnetism	p. 128
Supplementary Topic A
The Geometric Representation of Spacetime	p. 141
Supplementary Topic B
The Twin Paradox	p. 156
Supplementary Topic C
The Principle of Equivalence and the General Theory of Relativity	p. 167
Answers to Problems	p. 182
Appendix	p. 186
Index	p. 189
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