Special Relativity

Special Relativity is a superb text for students to begin or continue a serious study of physics. It is appropriate as part of an introductory physics course, as a supplement to a Modern Physics course, as a text for a special topics or advanced placement course, or even as a supplement in a advanced undergraduate course. Numerous illustrations, examples, and problems are presented throughout, with the concise mathematical description postponed until after the reader has built up some physical intuition for what is going on. The book is praised for its clarity, accessibility, and informal, light-hearted style. Book jacket.

T.M. Helliwell is Burton Bettingen Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Harvey Mudd College. He received his B.A. from Pomona College and his Ph.D. from Caltech. He has published more than forty research papers, many with undergraduate coauthors, in quantum mechanics and general relativity.