The Special Theory of Relativity

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Based on his famous final year undergraduate lectures on theoretical physics, Bohm presents the theory of relativity as a unified whole, making clear the reasons which led to its adoption, and explaining its basic meaning.

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Foreward	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Pre-Einsteinian Notions of Relativity	p. 4
The Problem of the Relativity of the Laws of Electrodynamics	p. 10
The Michelson-Morley Experiment	p. 14
Efforts to Save the Ether Hypothesis	p. 17
The Lorentz Theory of the Electron	p. 23
Further Development of the Lorentz Theory	p. 26
The Problem of Measuring Simultaneity in the Lorentz Theory	p. 31
The Lorentz Transformation	p. 36
The Inherent Ambiguity in the Meanings of Space-Time Measurements, According to the Lorentz Theory	p. 40
Analysis of Space and Time Concepts in Terms of Frames of Reference	p. 42
Common-Sense"" Notions of Space and Time	p. 48
Introduction to Einstein's Conceptions of Space and Time	p. 52
The Lorentz Transformation in Einstein's Point of View	p. 61
Addition of Velocities	p. 66
The Principle of Relativity	p. 70
Some Applications of Relativity	p. 75
Momentum and Mass in Relativity	p. 81
The Equivalence of Mass and Energy	p. 91
The Relativistic Transformation Law for Energy and Momentum	p. 96
Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field	p. 100
Experimental Evidence for Special Relativity	p. 106
More About the Equivalence of Mass and Energy	p. 110
Toward a New Theory of Elementary Particles	p. 119
The Falsification of Theories	p. 123
The Minkowski Diagram and the K Calculus	p. 131
The Geometry of Events and the Space-Time Continuum	p. 146
The Question of Causality and the Maximum Speed of Propagation of Signals in Relativity Theory	p. 155
Proper Time	p. 161
The ""paradox"" of the Twins	p. 165
The Significance of the Minkowski Diagram as a Reconstruction of the Past	p. 173
Appendix	p. 185
Index	p. 231
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