The Geometry of Special Relativity - a Concise Course

• Main Author: Dragon, Norbert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Continuum physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Classical Continuum Physics.

In this concise primer it is shown that, with simple diagrams, the phenomena of time dilatation, length contraction and Lorentz transformations can be deduced from the fact that in a vacuum one cannot distinguish physically straight and uniform motion from rest, and that the speed of light does not...