The theory of relativity : principles, logic and experimental foundation /
The theory of relativity has been hailed as one of the two most important scientific discoveries in the 20th century. This book presents a comprehensive introduction and analysis of the special theory of relativity and its logical and experimental foundations. It explains in detail the basic princip...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hauppauge, New York :
Nova Science Publisher's, Inc.,
[2013]
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| Series: | Physics research and technology
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Table of Contents:
- The principle of relativity and the constancy of the speed of light
- The Michelson-Morley experiment and the relative velocity of light
- Lorentz transformation and its derivation
- Variables in the Lorentz transformation
- Time dilation and time paradox
- Length contraction and length paradoxes
- Mass, motion, momentum and related paradoxes
- Mass-energy relation
- Time, space and simultaneity
- Test theories and experimental verification of special relativity