TY - BOOK AU - Rosser, W.G.V. TI - Introductory special relativity SN - 9780850668384 U1 - 530.11 PY - 1991/// CY - London ; , New York : PB - Taylor & Francis, KW - Special relativity (Physics) KW - Mathematical physics N1 - Includes Index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -