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Wiley Introduction to Special Relativity An Indian Adaptation 2021 Edition by Robert Resnick
Introduction to Special Relativity is a classic text established for use in undergraduate and
postgraduate physics courses. The content has a coherence of its own and can be
used in multiple ways. It can form part of an introductory physics course to
build upon the background in electromagnetism and optics or used in a modern
physics course for developing foundations of relativity. In addition, it offers
optional material of intrinsic interest as Supplementary Topics and other
material of historical, advanced, or special nature as part of chapter text.
Worked-out examples, thought-provoking questions and problems of varied levels
of difficulty are the useful pedagogical aids.
About the
Author
Robert
Resnick was a physics educator and author of physics textbooks. He was
born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 11, 1923 and graduated from the
Baltimore City College high school in 1939.
Table of Contents : -
Chapter 1 / The Experimental Background of the Theory of
Special Relativity
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Galilean Transformations
1.3 Newtonian Relativity
1.4 Electromagnetism and Newtonian Relativity
1.5 Attempts to Locate the Absolute Frame—The
Michelson–Morley Experiment
1.6 Attempts to Preserve the Concept of a Preferred Ether
Frame
1.7 The Postulates of Special Relativity Theory
1.8 Einstein and the Origin of Relativity Theory
Chapter 2 / Relativistic Kinematics
2.1 The Relativity of Simultaneity
2.2 Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation Equations
2.3 Some Consequences of the Lorentz Transformation
Equations
2.4 A More Physical Look at the Main Features of the
Lorentz Transformation Equations
2.5 The Observer in Relativity
2.6 The Relativistic Addition of Velocities
2.7 Aberration and Doppler Effect in Relativity
2.8 Relativity and Global Positioning System
Chapter 3 / Relativistic Dynamics
3.1 Mechanics and Relativity
3.2 The Need to Redefine Momentum
3.3 Relativistic Momentum
3.4 Alternative Views of Mass in Relativity
3.5 The Relativistic Force Law and the Dynamics
of a Single Particle
3.6 The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
3.7 The Transformation Properties of Momentum, Energy,
Mass, and Force
Chapter 4 / Relativity and Electromagnetism
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Interdependence of Electric and Magnetic Fields
4.3 The Transformation for E and B
4.4 The Field of a Uniformly Moving Point Charge
4.5 Forces and Fields Near a Current-Carrying Wire
4.6 Forces Between Moving Charges
4.7 The Invariance of Maxwell’s Equations
4.8 The Wave Equation
4.9 The Possible Limitations of Special Relativity
Supplementary Topic A
The Geometric Representation of Space-Time
A.1 Space-Time Diagrams
A.2 Simultaneity, Contraction, and Dilation
A.3 The Time Order and Space Separation of Events
Supplementary Topic B
The Algebraic Structure of Space-Time
B.1 Four-Vectors
B.2 Tensors
B.3 Special Relativity in Tensor Notation
B.4 Electromagnetism in Tensor Notation
Supplementary Topic C
The Twin Paradox
C.1 Introduction
C.2 The Route Dependence of Proper Time
C.3 Space-Time Diagram of the “Twin Paradox”
C.4 Some Other Considerations
C.5 An Experimental Test
Supplementary Topic D
The Principle of Equivalence and General Relativity
D.1 Introduction
D.2 The Principle of Equivalence
D.3 The Gravitational Red Shift
D.4 General Relativity Theory
Answers to Problems
Index