The theory of relativity : principles, logic and experimental foundation / editor: Qing-Ping Ma (The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Business School, Zhejiang, China).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ma, Qing-Ping, author.

Contributor:

Ma, Qing-Ping.

Series:

Physics Research and Technology

Physics research and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 principles of the relativity theory, introduces all the important experiments and examines the logic in the reasoning of relativistic results and conclusions. The two fundamental postulates, the principle of relativity and the constancy of the speed of light, are extensively discussed in relation to histor

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62948-428-8

OCLC:

872676002