A primer of special relativity / P.L. Sardesai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sardesai, P. L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special relativity (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Primer of Special Relativity1 is an unusually lucid introduction to the subject specifically written for Indian students. It is intended to give the beginner a firm grounding for a more advanced course in relativity. An entire chapter is devoted to applications of the theory to elucidate a large number of topics the students (B.Sc. Physics) come across in Modern Physics. Detailed and well-selected examples are used to illuminate aspects of the theory as well as to show techniques of application. A large number of Illustrative Examples enables the students to gain confidence to solve an

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Pre-Einstein Relativity; Chapter 2. Ether, The Myth and The Truth; Chapter 3. Lorentz Transformations and Some Consequences; Chapter 4. Relativity of Simultaneity, Colocality, Etc.; Chapter 5. Relativity Theory of Some Optical Effects; Chapter 6. Mass, Momentum and Energy; Chapter 7. Relativistic Mechanics; Chapter 8. Four-Vectors; Chapter 9. Relativity and Electromagnetism; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-22441-3

9786611224417

81-224-2327-2

OCLC:

476137810