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082			_a530.11 _bROS
100			_aRosser, W.G.V.
245			_aIntroductory special relativity
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bTaylor & Francis, _c1991.
300			_axi, 263 pages : _billustrations ;
500			_aIncludes Index
505			_aNewtonian 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			_a 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			_aSpecial relativity (Physics)
650			_aMathematical physics.
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