Special Relativity/Print version

__NOTOC__ Special_relativity Special_relativity/Print_version Note: current version of this book can be found at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special_relativity Remember to click "refresh" to view this version. <div style="font-family:verdana; margin-left='8%'; margin-right='8%'; text-align: justify; font-weight:normal; font-size:11pt; color:#00000C" > Table of contents The principle of relativity Introduction The Principle of Relativity Frames of reference, events and transformations Special relativity The postulates of special relativity Spacetime The spacetime interpretation of special relativity Spacetime The lightcone The Lorentz transformation equations The relativity of simultaneity and the Andromeda paradox The twin paradox Addition of velocities Relativistic dynamics Introduction Momentum Force Mass and energy Light propagation and the aether Introduction The aether drag hypothesis The Michelson-Morley experiment Mathematical approach to special relativity Introduction Mathematical techniques Vectors Matrices Linear Transformations Indicial Notation Analysis of curved surfaces and transformations Four vectors The Lorentz transformation The linearity and homogeneity of spacetime The Lorentz transformation Length contraction, time dilation and phase Hyperbolic geometry Addition of velocities Acceleration transformation Relativistic dynamics Introduction Momentum Relativistic Mass Appendices Mathematics of the Lorentz Transformation Equations Retrieved from "http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special_relativity" Introduction The principle of relativity Spacetime Simultaneity, time dilation and length contraction Simultaneity, time dilation and length contraction Dynamics aether mathematical approach Waves Mathematical Transformations Mathematical Appendix License GNU Free Documentation License </div>