Introductory special relativity (Record no. 36341)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780850668384 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0850668387 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780850668391 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0850668395 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.11 |
| Item number | ROS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rosser, W.G.V. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introductory special relativity |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Taylor & Francis, |
| Year of publication | 1991. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 263 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Newtonian mechanics and the principle of relativity; motion of charges in electric and magnetic fields; historical development of the theory of special relativity; special relativity and the the Lorentz transformations; relativistic kinematics and optics; relativistic mechanics and conservation laws; four-vector methods; electromagnetism and special relativity; space travel and the clock paradox. Appendices: The Michelson-Morley experiment; the simultaneity of spatially separated events; the principle of equivalence. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | <br/>A physics textbook for first-year undergraduates. Among the subjects covered are Newtonian mechanics and the Galilean transformations, Lorentz transformations, the principle of constancy, velocity transformations, relativistic mechanics, relativistic electromagnetism and the clock paradox |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Special relativity (Physics) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mathematical physics. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 15/10/1999 | Purchased | 7360.00 | 530.11 ROS | 005134 | Reference Books |