296 Pages
by
CRC Press
296 Pages
by
CRC Press
296 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The book opens with a description of the smooth transition from Newtonian to Einsteinian behaviour from electrons as their energy is progressively increased, and this leads directly to the relativistic expressions for mass, momentum and energy of a particle.
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
Biography
A.P. French
