Michael Tsamparlis: Special Relativity

Cover: 9783030273491 | Special Relativity | An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Prof. Tsamparlis received his PhD from Imperial College in London and has more than 35 years of teaching experience at the universities of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and Athens (Greece). His research is focused on General Relativity, Gravitation, Cosmology and Symmetries of Differential Equations.

Zusammenfassung

Offers a consolidated unit of math, physics and application examples, with a distinction between the mathematics of Minkowski space and the physics of relativity

Devotes a complete chapter to discuss Euclidean space times - an essential introduction given early

Presents the relativistic collisions in a new geometric way and prepares the student for the next steps into Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity

Provides a full overview of the mathematics needed to understand special relativity

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Inhalt:	xxv 815 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 815 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783030273491
ISBN-10:	3030273490
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Tsamparlis, Michael
Auflage:	2nd edition 2019
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 42 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael Tsamparlis
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.01.2021
Gewicht:	1,406 kg