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- Written by a well-respected lecturer, and based on a tried and tested course at Oxford
- The material here has been proven to work well
- Contains a wealth of exercises and examples to give the students the practice they need to understand this subject
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series (SUMS)
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N.M.J. Woodhouse's comparatively short Special Relativity is a pleasure to read and therefore qualifies right off as a good source to use for learning about special relativity on your own. A lot of very nice material is touched on in its pages, presented in natural sequence consonant with history, and is not improperly belabored. It's also rather informal in style. One gets the sense of breezing along pretty fast while, in actuality, a lot of material is being dealt with... the selection of topics in the book is very nice indeed , and is historically sound and will therefore reward the reader with an element of culture to boot: he'll learn some history of modern physics... I wish this book had been around when I was a student.
MAA Online
...an exciting and challenging book with which to introduce a modern mathematics student in a single course to the great ideas of Maxwell's theory and special relativity.
The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette
"There are many books on special relativity for undergraduates, and this one is notable in that it is specifically addressed to mathematicians. … this book will be found illuminating by students of mathematics … ." (Dr. P. E. Hodgson, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 45 (5), 2004)
"This book is … aimed squarely at the undergraduate mathematician ... . The tone, pace and level of the book are nicely judged for middle level undergraduates studying mathematics. … There are lots of examples and nicely graded exercises throughout the text, and each chapter ends with a usefully annotated bibliography. The author’s friendly style, and the fact the material has been developed from taught courses make the book ideal for self-study … ." (Peter Macgregor, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 88 (512), 2004)
"Meant as a resource for advanced undergraduate students, this book approaches special relativity theory from a mathematical perspective … . It is best used for mathematics majors … . the text is clear, well written, and has an adequate bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates." (A. Spero, CHOICE, December, 2003)
"This presentation is very elegant … . The book contains a large number of examples. Each chapter is followed by exercises, ranging from the rather simple to the more involved. This book is certainly a good introduction to special relativity, understandable for second-year students. But it is also interesting for readers searching for a concise and precise presentation of special relativity within the tensor formalism." (Claude Semay, Physcalia, Vol. 25 (4), 2003)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Special Relativity
Authors: Nicholas M. J. Woodhouse
Series Title: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0083-6
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-426-0Published: 26 November 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0083-6Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1615-2085
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4144
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 196
Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Mathematical Methods in Physics