Special Relativity - Michael Tsamparlis

Special Relativity

An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions
Buch | Hardcover
XXV, 815 Seiten
2019 | 2nd ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-27346-0 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
This book on Special Relativity presents the relativistic collisions in a new geometric way and prepares the student for the next steps into Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity. Much of the material is not contained in standard books on the subject.

lt;p>This textbook develops Special Relativity in a systematic way and offers 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. 


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.

Mathematical Part.- The Structure of the Theories of Physics.- Newtonian Physics.- The Foundation of Special Relativity.- The Physics of the Position Four-Vector.- Relativistic Kinematics.- Four-Acceleration.- Paradoxes.- Mass - Four-Momentum.- Relativistic Reactions.- Four-Force.- Irreducible Decompositions.- The Electromagnetic Field.- Relativistic Angular Momentum.- The Covariant Lorentz Transformation.- Geometric Description of Relativistic Interactions.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo XXV, 815 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1675 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Angewandte Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Relativitätstheorie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte Covariant Lorentz Transformation • Euclidian Space Time Physics • relativistic fluids • Relativistic Kinematics Physics • Textbook four-acceleration • Textbook four-force • Textbook four-vector • Textbook Minkowski Space • Textbook Special Relativity
ISBN-10 3-030-27346-6 / 3030273466
ISBN-13 978-3-030-27346-0 / 9783030273460
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