Special Relativity (9781891389610)

Special Relativity is a superb text for students to begin or continue a serious study of physics. Describing the most accessible of the 20th-century revolutions, it also illustrates the fact that nature is stranger than one imagines. The book evolved through years of teaching a highly-successful course to thousands of first-year students in science and engineering. It is appropriate as part of an introductory physics course, as a supplement to a "modern physics" course, as a text for a special topics or advanced placement course, or even as a supplement in an advanced undergraduate course. Numerous illustrations, examples, and problems are presented throughout, with the concise mathematical description postponed until after the reader has built up some physical intuition for what is going on. The book contains many applications, from particle decays, colliding-beam experiments and photon rockets to a brief introduction to relativistic gravitation, including the Principle of Equivalence, the effect of altitude on clocks, and the Global Positioning System. Ten appendices can be taken up as interest and time allow, including The "Cosmic Speed Limit." The book is a serious introduction, praised for its clarity, accessibility, and informal, light-hearted style.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 306 pages
• Dimensions 171 x 248 x 25mm | 600g
• Publication date 11 Sep 2009
• Publisher University Science Books,U.S.
• Publication City/Country Sausalito, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement 2009
• ISBN10 1891389610
• ISBN13 9781891389610
• Bestsellers rank 836,239

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