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Basic Relativity [electronic resource] : An Introductory Essay / by Péter Hraskó.

By: Hraskó, Péter [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Physics: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011Description: VIII, 104p. 16 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642178108.Subject(s): Physics | Mathematical physics | Physics | Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory | Mathematical Methods in Physics | CosmologyDDC classification: 530.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
From Time Dilation to E = mc^2 -- The Lorentz Transformation -- General Relativity -- Concluding Remarks -- Selected Problems.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 theory and the true significance of the mass-energy relation is contrasted with the popular view of it. The author discusses the twin paradox from the point of view of both siblings. Last but not least, the fundamentals of general relativity are described, including the recent Gravity Probe B experiment.
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From Time Dilation to E = mc^2 -- The Lorentz Transformation -- General Relativity -- Concluding Remarks -- Selected Problems.

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 theory and the true significance of the mass-energy relation is contrasted with the popular view of it. The author discusses the twin paradox from the point of view of both siblings. Last but not least, the fundamentals of general relativity are described, including the recent Gravity Probe B experiment.

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