Relativity made relatively easy / / Andrew M. Steane |
Autore | Steane Andrew M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (436 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Relativity (Physics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-165042-0
1-283-60203-2 9786613914484 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910536629103321 |
Steane Andrew M.
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 | ||
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Relativity made relatively easy / / Andrew M. Steane |
Autore | Steane Andrew M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press USA - OSO |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 419 p. : ill. ; ; 25 cm |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 0-19-165041-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The relativistic world -- Basic ideas -- The Lorentz transformation -- Moving light sources -- Dynamics -- The conservation of energy-momentum -- Further kinematics -- Relativity and electromagnetism -- Electromagnetic radiation.
An introduction to general relativity -- The principle of equivalence -- Warped spacetime -- Physics from the metric. Further special relativity -- Tensors and index notation -- Rediscovering electromagnetism -- Lagrangian mechanics -- Angular momentum -- Energy density -- What is spacetime? Appendices. Some basic arguments -- Constants and length scales -- Derivatives and index notation -- The field of an arbitrarily moving charge. |
Altri titoli varianti | Relativity Made Relatively Easy Volume 2 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795602603321 |
Steane Andrew M
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Oxford University Press USA - OSO | ||
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Relativity made relatively easy / / Andrew M. Steane |
Autore | Steane Andrew M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press USA - OSO |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 419 p. : ill. ; ; 25 cm |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 0-19-165041-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The relativistic world -- Basic ideas -- The Lorentz transformation -- Moving light sources -- Dynamics -- The conservation of energy-momentum -- Further kinematics -- Relativity and electromagnetism -- Electromagnetic radiation.
An introduction to general relativity -- The principle of equivalence -- Warped spacetime -- Physics from the metric. Further special relativity -- Tensors and index notation -- Rediscovering electromagnetism -- Lagrangian mechanics -- Angular momentum -- Energy density -- What is spacetime? Appendices. Some basic arguments -- Constants and length scales -- Derivatives and index notation -- The field of an arbitrarily moving charge. |
Altri titoli varianti | Relativity Made Relatively Easy Volume 2 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812803003321 |
Steane Andrew M
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Oxford University Press USA - OSO | ||
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Semi empirical mass formula : a review / / Ankita Goyal, Bhuvneshwer Suthar |
Autore | Goyal Ankita |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamburg, [Germany] : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (45 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 3-96067-501-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910149620603321 |
Goyal Ankita
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Hamburg, [Germany] : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2016 | ||
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Space and time in special relativity [by] N. David Mermin |
Autore | Mermin, N. David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : McGraw-Hill, [1968] |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Collana | McGraw-Hill paperbacks in physics |
Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Space and time |
ISBN | 9780070414990 |
Classificazione | LC QC6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003788839707536 |
Mermin, N. David
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New York : McGraw-Hill, [1968] | ||
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Special relativity : for inquiring minds / / Yury Deshko |
Autore | Deshko Yury |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Collana | Undergraduate lecture notes in physics |
Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
ISBN |
9783030911423
9783030911416 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910547293303321 |
Deshko Yury
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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Special relativity : for inquiring minds / / Yury Deshko |
Autore | Deshko Yury |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Collana | Undergraduate lecture notes in physics |
Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
ISBN |
9783030911423
9783030911416 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466838403316 |
Deshko Yury
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Special relativity / A.P. French |
Autore | French, Anthony Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c1968 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Collana | The M.I.T. introductory physics series |
Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 9780393097931 |
Classificazione |
53.1.51
LC QC6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001254399707536 |
French, Anthony Philip
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c1968 | ||
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Special relativity / [by] A.P. French |
Autore | French, Anthony Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1968 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina |
53.1.51
530.11 |
Collana | The M.I.T. introductory physics series |
Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
ISBN | 9780177710759 |
Classificazione | LC QC6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003080599707536 |
French, Anthony Philip
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London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1968 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Special Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : A First Encounter |
Autore | Giulini Domenico |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Atomic Physics Physics Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-75757-4
9786610757572 0-19-154662-3 1-4237-8661-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; 1 Origin and significance of Special Relativity; 2 Historical developments; 2.1 The dualistic concept of matter in the 19th century; 2.2 The principle of relativity in mechanics; 2.3 Is the relativity principle valid in electrodynamics?; 2.4 Experiments, contradictions, and consequences; 2.4.1 Aberration; 2.4.2 Fizeau's experiment; 2.4.3 The Michelson-Morley experiment; 2.4.4 The FitzGerald-Lorentz deformation hypothesis; 3 Foundations of Special Relativity; 3.1 The notion of simultaneity; 3.2 Lorentz transformations; 3.3 Time dilation and length contraction
3.3.1 Time dilation3.3.2 Length contraction; 3.4 Addition of velocities; 3.5 Causality relations; 3.6 Aberration and Doppler effect; 3.6.1 Aberration; 3.6.2 Doppler effect; 3.7 Length contraction and visual appearance; 3.8 Mass, momentum, and kinetic energy; 3.9 Probably the most famous formula in all of physics; 3.10 Electrodynamics: Invariance of Maxwell's equations; 4 Further consequences and applications of Special Relativity; 4.1 Atomic physics; 4.2 Nuclear physics; 4.3 Elementary particle physics; 4.4 Daily physics: navigational systems; 4.5 Science fiction: travel to distant stars? 4.6 Outlook on General Relativity5 Closer encounters with special topics; 5.1 Ole Rømer's measurement of the velocity of light; 5.2 The independence of the velocity of light from the state of motion of the source; 5.3 Do superluminal velocities exist?; 5.4 The Kennedy-Thorndike experiment; 5.5 The Ives-Stilwell experiment; 5.6 The current experimental status of Special Relativity; 5.7 Synchronization by slow clock-transport; 5.8 Aberration and conformal transformations; 5.9 Transformation formulae for momentum, energy, and force; 5.10 Minkowski space and the Lorentz group; Bibliography GlossarySymbols, units, constants; Picture Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451633703321 |
Giulini Domenico
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Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 | ||
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