Introduction to Special Relativity (Oxford Science Publications) - Softcover

Rindler, Wolfgang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198539525 ISBN 13: 9780198539520

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

This textbook offers a concise but thorough treatment of the theory of special relativity for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Assuming no prior knowledge of relativity, the author elaborates the underlying logic and describes the subtleties and apparent paradoxes. The text also contains a large number of problems which cover the basic modes of thinking and calculating in special relativity. Emphasis is placed on developing the student's intuitive understanding of space-time geometry along with the necessary methods of four-tensor calculus, though three-dimensional methods are also described. This updated new edition contains additional examples and problems, and the chapter on relativistic mechanics of continua has been substantially rewritten.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book elaborates the underlying logic, dwells on the subtleties and apparent paradoxes, and also contains a large collection of problems which should just about cover all the basic modes of thinking and calculating in special relativity.

About the Author:

Wolfgang Rindler is at University of Texas at Dallas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0198539525
• ISBN 13: 9780198539520
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 184