Special Relativity A First Encounter

Author : Domenico Giulini
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191620867

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Special Relativity: A First Encounter by Domenico Giulini Pdf

Special relativity provides the foundations of our knowledge of space and time. Without it, our understanding of the world, and its place in the universe, would be unthinkable. This book gives a concise, elementary, yet exceptionally modern, introduction to special relativity. It is a gentle yet serious 'first encounter', in that it conveys a true understanding rather than purely reports the basic facts. Only very elementary mathematical knowledge is needed to master it (basic high-school maths), yet it will leave the reader with a sound understanding of the subject. Special Relativity: A First Encounter starts with a broad historical introduction and motivation of the basic notions. The central chapters are dedicated to special relativity, mainly following Einstein's historical route. Later chapters turn to various applications in all parts of physics and everyday life. Unlike other books on the subject, the current status of the experimental foundations of special relativity is accurately reported and the experiments explained. This book will appeal to anyone wanting a introduction to the subject, as well as being background reading for students beginning a course in physics.

Author : Albert Einstein
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789390960712

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Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein Pdf

Albert Einstein, a Nobel laureate, has changed the world with his research and theories. He is regarded as the founder of modern physics. Besides ‘Relativity’, he worked on Photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, Special relativity, and Mass-Energy equivalence (E=mc2). They reformed the views on time, space and matter. Allert Einstein developed the general theory of ‘Relativity’. He published ‘Relativity: The Special and the General Theory’ in German. Its first English translation was published in 1920. The book deals with the special theory of relativity, the general theory of relativity, and the considerations on the universe as a whole The book gives an exact insight into the theory of Relativity. It covers, the system of Co-ordinates; The Lorentz Transformation; The experiment of Fizeau; Minkowski’s four dimensional space; The Gravitational Field; Gaussian Co-ordinates; The structure of space, and lot many other scientific concepts thus will be highly beneficial to the Readers. A must have book for everyone related to modern physics.

Author : Freund Jurgen
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813101463

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Special Relativity For Beginners: A Textbook For Undergraduates by Freund Jurgen Pdf

This book, first appearing in German in 2004 under the title Spezielle Relativitätstheorie für Studienanfänger, offers access to the special theory of relativity for readers with a background in mathematics and physics comparable to a high school honors degree. All mathematical and physical competence required beyond that level is gradually developed through the book, as more advanced topics are introduced. The full tensor formalism, however, is dispensed with as it would only be a burden for the problems to be dealt with. Eventually, a substantial and comprehensive treatise on special relativity emerges which, with its gray-shaded formulary, is an invaluable reference manual for students and scientists alike.Some crucial results are derived more than once with different approaches: the Lorentz transformation in one spatial direction three times, the Doppler formula four times, the Lorentz transformation in two directions twice; also twice the unification of electric and magnetic forces, the velocity addition formula, as well as the aberration formula. Beginners will be grateful to find several routes to the goal; moreover, for a theory like relativity, it is of fundamental importance to demonstrate that it is self-contained and without contradictions.Author's website: www.relativity.ch.

Author : Éric Gourgoulhon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642372766

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Special Relativity in General Frames by Éric Gourgoulhon Pdf

Special relativity is the basis of many fields in modern physics: particle physics, quantum field theory, high-energy astrophysics, etc. This theory is presented here by adopting a four-dimensional point of view from the start. An outstanding feature of the book is that it doesn’t restrict itself to inertial frames but considers accelerated and rotating observers. It is thus possible to treat physical effects such as the Thomas precession or the Sagnac effect in a simple yet precise manner. In the final chapters, more advanced topics like tensorial fields in spacetime, exterior calculus and relativistic hydrodynamics are addressed. In the last, brief chapter the author gives a preview of gravity and shows where it becomes incompatible with Minkowsky spacetime. Well illustrated and enriched by many historical notes, this book also presents many applications of special relativity, ranging from particle physics (accelerators, particle collisions, quark-gluon plasma) to astrophysics (relativistic jets, active galactic nuclei), and including practical applications (Sagnac gyrometers, synchrotron radiation, GPS). In addition, the book provides some mathematical developments, such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra. The book is suitable for students in the third year of a physics degree or on a masters course, as well as researchers and any reader interested in relativity. Thanks to the geometric approach adopted, this book should also be beneficial for the study of general relativity. “A modern presentation of special relativity must put forward its essential structures, before illustrating them using concrete applications to specific dynamical problems. Such is the challenge (so successfully met!) of the beautiful book by Éric Gourgoulhon.” (excerpt from the Foreword by Thibault Damour)

Author : Ronald J. Adler
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030615741

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General Relativity and Cosmology by Ronald J. Adler Pdf

Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching. In particular cosmology and gravitational wave physics are at the focus of a great deal of current research. Thus it is important to introduce students to General Relativity as soon as reasonable. This textbook offers a brief but comprehensive treatment accessible to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and any physicist or mathematician interested in understanding the material in a short time. The author, an experienced teacher of the subject, has included numerous examples and exercises to help students consolidate the ideas they have learned. Solutions to the exercises are provided as supplementary material in the online chapters.

Author : Jean-Marc Ginoux
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031513879

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Poincaré, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity by Jean-Marc Ginoux Pdf

Author : A.P. French
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1968-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420074819

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Special Relativity by A.P. French Pdf

The book opens with a description of the smooth transition from Newtonian to Einsteinian behaviour from electrons as their energy is progressively increased, and this leads directly to the relativistic expressions for mass, momentum and energy of a particle.

Author : Wisdom Yao Dornyo PhD MBA
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781728397627

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Forerunning Value Mechanics in Value Science and Theory 2 and 3 (V + B U + S) by Wisdom Yao Dornyo PhD MBA Pdf

Value theory is a new theory the “value mechanics” that extends w.r.t. quantum mechanics, general relativity, the unified theory of everything, and the string theory into “abstract mechanics” the abstract theory. Thus hypothetically a perfect level when human knowledge becomes ideal to realize teleportation, telepathizing to control dash boards and consoles of digitized machines with the brain. A hypothetical time for AI to reach its peak and perfect robots emergency, time travel possibility, complete understanding of the black/white/worm holes could be engineered as a program to the highest levels and the theory of infinite universe(s) becoming functionally abstract. Great theories of anti-aging would be established, thanks to “time mechanics, light and information mechanics”. Time is flexible and entangles, light photon is sensitive, and information-idea the powerhouse of the universe(s). A time when the black hole could be used to assist the universe instead of fears of it as the most powerful natural machine of destruction. The model of flexibility universality fluidity was hypothesized and tested through various experiments with figures and found to rationally agreeing with value cores and characteristics of a system. The universe(s) is itself a natural intelligent computer and at the same time a printer with time 1. To every intelligent conscious value added on a basic, there is a valuable to be further enhanced: [(v + b u + s)], ... 2. To every abstract universe, there is its exact reality with gravity and energy: [f(n) = 1/(n-1) = 1/(1-n) -n^2 n^3-n^2-1], ... 3. Entropy physically actualizes abstract intelligence of natural printers “vice versa or negates” its results: (The black hole and the white hole: The universe(s) is a natural abstract computer that works digitally back and forth, and it is at the same time a natural printer that prints)[F = GMm/r(^2 - ^2/[^2 – (1/n)^2]], ... 4. Nature is made up of boundaries, barriers and gate constrictions in all things, everywhere, and at all levels, and wherever these barriers exist, there is a transition governed by time, or a time machine: [(A) = (t^2/el)+], ...

Author : Wolfgang Schleich,IOS Press
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781607504191

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Atom Optics and Space Physics by Wolfgang Schleich,IOS Press Pdf

The goal of this volume is to discuss the rapidly moving field of atom optics and interferometry with all its intricate aspects ranging from fundamental physics to applications and the theory of relativity. The breathtaking success in manipulating atoms using lasers has encouraged these two so far disjunct communities to move closer together and begin collaborations. After an introduction to atom optics and Bose-Einstein condensation, the theoretical foundations of cold atom interferometers, their use to test gravity, and their implementation in laboratory measurements of the Earth rotation and of Newton's gravitational constant are discussed. Several papers discuss the characteristics of gyroscopes and interferometers as sensors for inertial forces, starting from gyroscopes based on light waves and comparing their sensitivity to those based on matter waves. The final topic is the variation of fundamental constants, a subject that during the last years has attracted a lot of attention from different communities of physics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Paradoxes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Russell Stannard
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780191574047

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Relativity: A Very Short Introduction by Russell Stannard Pdf

100 years ago, Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: if you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier; travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be squashed thinner than a CD without feeling a thing - and live for ever. And that was just the Special Theory. With the General Theory came even stranger ideas of curved space-time, and changed our understanding of gravity and the cosmos. This authoritative and entertaining Very Short Introduction makes the theory of relativity accessible and understandable. Using very little mathematics, Russell Stannard explains the important concepts of relativity, from E=mc2 to black holes, and explores the theory's impact on science and on our understanding of the universe. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Galina Weinstein
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781443878890

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Einstein's Pathway to the Special Theory of Relativity by Galina Weinstein Pdf

This book pieces together the jigsaw puzzle of Einstein’s journey to discovering the special theory of relativity. Between 1902 and 1905, Einstein sat in the Patent Office and may have made calculations on old pieces of paper that were once patent drafts. One can imagine Einstein trying to hide from his boss, writing notes on small sheets of paper, and, according to reports, seeing to it that the small sheets of paper on which he was writing would vanish into his desk-drawer as soon as he heard footsteps approaching his door. He probably discarded many pieces of papers and calculations and flung them in the waste paper basket in the Patent Office. The end result was that Einstein published nothing regarding the special theory of relativity prior to 1905. For many years before 1905, he had been intensely concerned with the topic; in fact, he was busily working on the problem for seven or eight years prior to 1905. Unfortunately, there are no surviving notebooks and manuscripts, no notes and papers or other primary sources from this critical period to provide any information about the crucial steps that led Einstein to his great discovery. In May 1905, Henri Poincaré sent three letters to Hendrik Lorentz at the same time that Einstein wrote his famous May 1905 letter to Conrad Habicht, promising him four works, of which the fourth one, Relativity, was a rough draft at that point. In the May 1905 letters to Lorentz, Poincaré presented the basic equations of his 1905 “Dynamics of the Electron”, meaning that, at this point, Poincaré and Einstein both had drafts of papers relating to the principle of relativity. The book discusses Einstein’s and Poincaré’s creativity and the process by which their ideas developed. The book also explores the misunderstandings and paradoxes apparent in the theory of relativity, and unravels the subtleties and creativity of Einstein.

Author : Sebastian Lutz,Adam Tamas Tuboly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429771163

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Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences by Sebastian Lutz,Adam Tamas Tuboly Pdf

This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth the logical empiricists’ philosophy of physics and to present and analyze the logical empiricists’ various and occasionally contrary ideas about the physical sciences and their philosophical relevance. These original chapters discuss these developments in their original contexts and social and institutional environments, thus showing the various fruitful conceptions and philosophies behind the history of 20th-century philosophy of science. Logical Empiricism and the Natural Sciences is divided into three thematic sections. Part I surveys the influences on logical empiricism’s philosophy of science and physics. It features chapters on Maxwell’s role in the worldview of logical empiricism, on Reichenbach’s account of objectivity, on the impact of Poincaré on Neurath’s early views on scientific method, Frank’s exchanges with Einstein about philosophy of physics, and on the forgotten role of Kurt Grelling. Part II focuses on specific physical theories, including Carnap’s and Reichenbach’s positions on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, Reichenbach’s critique of unified field theory, and the logical empiricists’ reactions to quantum mechanics. The third and final group of chapters widens the scope to philosophy of science and physics in general. It includes contributions on von Mises’ frequentism; Frank’s account of concept formation and confirmation; and the interrelations between Nagel’s, Feigl’s, and Hempel’s versions of logical empiricism. This book offers a comprehensive account of the logical empiricists’ philosophy of physics. It is a valuable resource for researchers interested in the history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, and the history of analytic philosophy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 1121 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Superstrings, P-branes and M-theory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Adrian Bardon,Heather Dyke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119145691

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A Companion to the Philosophy of Time by Adrian Bardon,Heather Dyke Pdf

A Companion to the Philosophy of Time presents the broadest treatment of this subject yet; 32 specially commissioned articles - written by an international line-up of experts – provide an unparalleled reference work for students and specialists alike in this exciting field. The most comprehensive reference work on the philosophy of time currently available The first collection to tackle the historical development of the philosophy of time in addition to covering contemporary work Provides a tripartite approach in its organization, covering history of the philosophy of time, time as a feature of the physical world, and time as a feature of experience Includes contributions from both distinguished, well-established scholars and rising stars in the field