Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9780387948706
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xx, 446 S., 74 s/w Illustr., 32 s/w Fotos, 42 s/w
Format (T/L/B): 2.2 x 23.4 x 15.5 cm
Einband: kartoniertes Buch
Beschreibung
Includes a translation by A.I. Miller of A. Einstein's "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"
Inhalt
Preface.- Author''s Notes to the Reader.- Cast of Characters.- Introduction.- Electrodynamics: 1890-1905.- Einstein''s Philosophic Viewpoint in 1905.- An Analysis of Einstein''s Introductory Comments to "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper".- Simultaneity and Time.- Length and Time are Relative Quantities.- The Relativistic Transformations.- The Relativity of Length and Time.- The Theorem of Addition of Velocities.- The Relativity of the Electric and Magnetic Fields.- Doppler''s Principle and Stellar Aberration.- Light Quanta, Radiation, and Relativity.- On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.- Epilogue.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.
