Special Relativity
An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions
Authors: Tsamparlis, Michael
Free Preview- Offers a consolidated unit of math, physics and application examples, with a distinction between the mathematics of Minkowski space and the physics of relativity
- Devotes a complete chapter to discuss Euclidean space times - an essential introduction given early
- 200 carefully selected and worked out problems with solutions available online
- 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
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- About this Textbook
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This textbook develops Special Relativity in a systematic way and offers the unique feature of having more than 200 problems with detailed solutions to empower students to gain a real understanding of this core subject in physics. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and has new sections on relativistic fluids, relativistic kinematics and on four-acceleration. The problems and solution section has been significantly expanded and short history sections have been included throughout the book.
The approach is structural in the sense that it develops Special Relativity in Minkowski space following the parallel steps as the development of Newtonian Physics in Euclidian space. A second characteristic of the book is that it discusses the mathematics of the theory independently of the physical principles, so that the reader will appreciate their role in the development of the physical theory.
The book is intended to be used both as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate teaching course in Special Relativity but also as a reference book for the future. In that respect it is linked to an online repository with more than 200 problems, carefully classified according to subject area and solved in detail, providing an independent problem book on Special Relativity.
- About the authors
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Prof. Dr. Michale Tsamparlis received his PhD from Imperial College in London and has more than 35 years of teaching experience at Imperial college (UK) and the universities of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and Athens (Greece). His research is focused on General Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology.
- Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Mathematical Part
Pages 1-55
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The Structure of the Theories of Physics
Pages 57-69
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Newtonian Physics
Pages 71-90
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The Foundation of Special Relativity
Pages 91-120
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The Physics of the Position Four-Vector
Pages 121-160
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Special Relativity
- Book Subtitle
- An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions
- Authors
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- Michael Tsamparlis
- Series Title
- Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-27347-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-27347-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-27346-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-27349-1
- Series ISSN
- 2192-4791
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XXV, 815
- Number of Illustrations
- 112 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
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