THEORY OF RELATIVITY RELATIVITY VISUALIZED - 2 Titel.
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This Book is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear. 100% Guaranteed. Summary: Preface by W. Pauli; Preface by A. Sommerfeld; Bibliography Part I. The foundations of the special theory of relativity 1. Historical background (Lorentz, Poincar, Einstein) 2. The postulate of relativity 3. The postulate of the constancy of the velocity of light. Ritz's and related theories 4. The relativity of simultaneity. Derivation of the Lorentz transformation from the two postulates. Axiomatic nature of the Lorentz transformation 5. Lorentz contraction and time dilatation 6. Einstein's addition theorem for velocities and its application to aberration and the drag coefficient. The Doppler effect Part II. Mathematical Tools 7. The four-dimensional space-time world (Minkowski) 8. More general transformation groups 9. Tensor calculus for affine transformations 10. Geometrical meaning of the contravariant and covariant components of a vector 11. "Surface" and "volume" tensors. Four-dimensional volumes 12. Dual tensors 13. Transition to Riemannian geometry 14. Parallel displacement of a vector 15. Geodesic lines 16. Space curvature 17. Riemannian coordinates and their applications 18. The special cases of Euclidean geometry and of constant curvature 19. The integral theorems of Gauss and Stokes in a four-dimensional Riemannian manifold 20. Derivation of invariant differential operations, using geodesic components 21. Affine tensors and free vectors 22. Reality relations 23. Infinitesimal coordinate transformations and variational theorems Part III. Special theory of relativity. Further elaborations A. Kinematics 24. Four-dimensional representation of the Lorentz transformation 25. The addition theorem for velocities 26. Transformation law for acceleration. Hyperbolic motion B. Electrodynamics 27. Conservation of charge. Four-current density 28. Covariance of the basic equations of electron theory 29. Ponderomotive forces. Dynamics of the electron 30. Momentum and energy of the electromagnetic field. Differential and integral forms of the conservation laws 31. The invariant action principle of electrodynamics 32. Applications to special cases A. Integration of the equations for the potential b. The field of a uniformly moving point charge c. The field for hyperbolic motion d. Invariance of the light phase. Reflection at a moving mirror. Radiation pressure e. The radiation field of a moving dipole f. Radiation reaction 33. Minkowski's phenomenological electrodynamics of moving bodies 34. Electron-theoretical derivations 35. Energy-momentum tensor and ponderomotive force in phenomenological electrodynamics. Joule heat 36. Applications of the theory A. The experiments of Rowland, Rntgen, Eichenwald and Wilson b. Resistance and induction in moving conductors c. Propagation of light in moving media. The drag coefficient. Airy's experiment d. Signal velocity and phase velocity in dispersive media C. Mechanics and general dynamics 37. Equation of motion. Momentum and kinetic energy 38. Relativistic mechanics on a basis independent of electrodynamics 39. Hamilton's principle in relativistic mechanics 40. Generalized coordinates. Canonical form of the equations of motion 41. The inertia of energy 42. General dynamics 43. Transformation of energy and momentum of a system in the presence of external forces 44. Applications to special cases. Trouton and Noble's experiments 45. Hydrodynamics and theory of elasticity D. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics 46. Behaviour of the thermodynamical quantities under a Lorentz transformation 47. The principle of least action 48. The application of relativity to statistical mechanics 49. Special cases A. Black-body radiation in a moving cavity b. The ideal gas Part IV. General theory of relativity 50. Hist.

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This classic work offers a concise and comprehensive review of the literature on relativity as of 1921, along with the author's insightful update of later developments in relativity theory and coverage of subsequent controversies. Special attention is given to unified field theories. 1958 edition., Paperback, Label: Dover Publications, Dover Publications, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1981-07-01, Freigegeben: 1981-07-01, Studio: Dover Publications, Verkaufsrang: 341982.

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This classic work offers a concise and comprehensive review of the literature on relativity as of 1921, along with the author's insightful update of later developments in relativity theory and coverage of subsequent controversies. Special attention is given to unified field theories. 1958 edition., Paperback, Label: Dover Publications, Dover Publications, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1981-07-01, Freigegeben: 1981-07-01, Studio: Dover Publications, Verkaufsrang: 790560.