Special Theory of Relativity

Name: Special Theory of Relativity
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ISBN: 9780415404259

ISBN-10: 0415404258

ISBN-13: 9780415404259

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Bohm

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In this classic text, David Bohm explores Albert Einstein's celebrated theory of relativity through inspiring and visionary lectures. First published in 1905, Einstein's ideas forever transformed the way we think about time and space. Yet for Bohm the implications of the theory were far more revolutionary both in scope and impact even than this. Stepping back from dense theoretical and scientific detail in this eye-opening work, Bohm describes how the notion of relativity strikes at the heart of our very conception of the universe, whether we are physicists, philosophers or none of the above.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.76" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Introduction



Pre-Einsteinian Notions of Relativity



The Problem of the Relativity of the Laws of Electrodynamics



The Michelson-Morley Experiment



Efforts to Save the Ether Hypothesis



The Lorentz Theory of the Electron



Further Development of the Lorentz Theory



The Problem of Measuring Simultaneity in the Lorentz Theory



The Lorentz Transformation



The Inherent Ambiguity in the Meanings of Space-Time Measurements, According to the Lorentz Theory



Analysis of Space and Time Concepts in Terms of Frames of Reference



"Common Sense" Concepts of Space and Time



Introduction to Einstein's Conceptions of Space and Time



The Lorentz Transformation in Einstein's Point of View



Addition of Velocities



The Principle of Relativity



Some Applications of Relativity



Momentum and Mass in Relativity



The Equivalence of Mass and Energy



The Relativistic Transformation Law for Energy and Momentum



Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field



Experimental Evidence for Special Relativity



More About the Equivalence of Mass and Energy



Towards a New Theory of Elementary Particles



The Falsification of Theories



The Minkowski Diagram and the K Calculus



The Geometry of Events and the Space-Time Continuum



The Questions of Causality and the Maximum Speed of Propagation of Signals in Relativity Theory



Proper Time



The "Paradox" of the Twins



The Significance of the Minkowski Diagram as a Reconstruction of the Past


Appendix


Physics and Perception