Special Relativity An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions /

• Main Author: Tsamparlis, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Mathematical physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

This textbook develops Special Relativity in a systematic way and offers the unique feature of having more than 200 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.