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Basic Relativity Peter Hrasko

Basic Relativity By Peter Hrasko

Basic Relativity by Peter Hrasko


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This Brief presents a new way of introducing relativity theory, in which perplexing relativistic effects such as time dilation and Lorentz contraction are explained prior to the discussion of Lorentz-transformation.

Basic Relativity Summary

Basic Relativity: An Introductory Essay by Peter Hrasko

This Brief presents a new way of introducing relativity theory, in which perplexing relativistic effects such as time dilation and Lorentz contraction are explained prior to the discussion of Lorentz-transformation. The notion of relativistic mass is shown to contradict the spirit of relativity theory and the true significance of the mass-energy relation is contrasted with the popular view of it. The author discusses the twin paradox from the point of view of both siblings. Last but not least, the fundamentals of general relativity are described, including the recent Gravity Probe B experiment.

About Peter Hrasko

Peter Hrasko received higher education in the Ural State Technological University in Yekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk in USSR) and Ph. D. degree in physics in the KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics in Budapest (Hungary). He worked there until his retirement. He was also professor of the Theoretical Physics Department at the University of Pecs (Hungary). Peter Hrasko received the Prometheus Medal of the Hungarian Society of Physics for the Spreading of Scientific Knowledge.

Table of Contents

From Time Dilation to E = mc^2.- The Lorentz Transformation.- General Relativity.- Concluding Remarks.- Selected Problems

Additional information

NLS9783642178092
9783642178092
364217809X
Basic Relativity: An Introductory Essay by Peter Hrasko
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Paperback
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
2011-03-23
104
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