Book:A.P. French/Special Relativity

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A.P. French: Special Relativity

Published $\text {1968}$, Van Nostrand Reinhold

ISBN 0-442-30782-9


Subject Matter


Contents

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