Special Theory of Relativity - Foundations, Theory, Verification, Applications (Christodoulides Costas)(Paperback)

Historical Introduction.- The Main Landmarks in the Development of the Special Theory of Relativity.- The Principle of Relativity of Galileo. Galileo's Invariance Hypothesis. The Law of Inertia. Inertial Frames of Reference Relativity.- R mer and the Speed of Light.- Newton's Laws of Motion. Inertia and Inertial Frames of Reference.- The Aberration of Light.- Arago's Measurements Concerning the Constancy of the Speed of Light from Stars.- Measurements of the Speed of Light in the Laboratory.- Attempts to Measure the Dragging of Aether by Moving Media.- Maxwell's Equations and the Wave Equation.- The Experiment of Michelson and Morley.- The Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction Hypothesis.- The Increase of the Mass of the Electron with Speed.- The Invariance of Maxwell's Equations and the Lorentz Transformation.- The Formulation of the Special Theory of Relativity.- Prolegomena.- Inertial
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