Special Relativity / Edition 1

by A.P. French

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393097931
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	08/17/1968
Series:	M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	1480L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Preface, 1 Departures from newtonian dynamics, 2 Perplexities in the propagation of light, 3 Einstein and the Lorentz-Einstein transformations, 4 Relativity and the measurement of lengths and time intervals, 5 Relativistic kinematics, 6 Relativistic dynamics—collisions and conservation laws 7 More about relativistic dynamics, 8 Relativity and electricity, Epilogue, A short bibliography, Answers to problems, Index