Basic Relativity An Introductory Essay /

• Main Author: Hraskó, Péter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This Brief presents a new way of introducing relativity theory, in which perplexing relativistic effects such as time dilation and Lorentz contraction are explained prior to the discussion of Lorentz-transformation. The notion of relativistic mass is shown to contradict the spirit of relativity theo...

Table of Contents:

• From Time Dilation to E = mc^2
• The Lorentz Transformation
• General Relativity
• Concluding Remarks
• Selected Problems.