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- Presents the relativistic collisions in a new geometric way and prepares the student for the next steps into Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
- Provides a full overview of the mathematics needed to understand special relativity
- Consolidated unit of math, physics and application examples
- 200 carefully selected and worked out problems with solutions available online
- Understand special relativity without much help from the instructor
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. Astrophysics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Michael Tsamparlis
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Special Relativity
Book Subtitle: An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions
Authors: Michael Tsamparlis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03837-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-03836-5Published: 29 May 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-03837-2Published: 17 May 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 595
Topics: Classical and Continuum Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Differential Geometry