Tantalising asymmetries in special relativity
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Special Relativity
References 43 Index 45 ii Preface For me, the wonder of special relativity lies in its successful prediction of interesting and very nonintuitive phenomena from simple arguments with simple premises. These notes have three (perhaps ambitious) aims: (a) to introduce undergraduates to special relativity from its founding principle to its varied consequences, (b) to serve as a reference for those ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0022-247X
DOI: 10.1016/0022-247x(85)90344-0