1 From Time Dilation to E0 = mc2 |
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1.1 Reference Frames and Inertial Frames |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 The Optical Doppler-Effect and Time Dilation |
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4 | (4) |
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1.3 The Relativity of Simultaneity |
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8 | (3) |
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1.4 The Proper Time and the Twin Paradox |
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11 | (2) |
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1.5 The Lorentz Contraction |
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13 | (2) |
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15 | (2) |
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1.7 The Equation of Motion of a Point Particle |
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17 | (3) |
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1.8 Does Mass Increase with Velocity? |
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20 | (1) |
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1.9 The Kinetic Energy of a Point Mass |
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20 | (2) |
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1.10 The Rest Energy: The E0 = mc2 Formula |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (1) |
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1.12 The Popular View on the MassEnergy Relation |
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26 | (3) |
2 The Lorentz-Transformation |
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29 | (46) |
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29 | (3) |
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2.2 Independence of the Constancy of c from Synchronization |
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32 | (1) |
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2.3 The Minkowski Coordinates |
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33 | (1) |
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2.4 The Lorentz-Transformation |
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34 | (4) |
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2.5 Classification of Spacetime Intervals |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (5) |
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2.7 The Causality Paradox |
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45 | (3) |
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2.8 Demonstration of Time Dilation on Spacetime Diagram |
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48 | (2) |
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2.9 Doppler-Effect Revisited |
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50 | (1) |
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2.10 The Connection of the Proper Time and Coordinate Time in Inertial Frames |
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51 | (1) |
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2.11 The Magnitude of the Twin Paradox |
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52 | (1) |
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2.12 The Coordinate Time in Accelerating Frames: the Twin Paradox |
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53 | (6) |
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2.13 The Coordinate Time in Accelerating Frames: the Rotating Earth |
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59 | (1) |
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2.14 Lorentz Contraction Revisited |
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60 | (2) |
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2.15 Is the Perimeter of a Spinning Disc Contracted? |
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62 | (1) |
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2.16 Do Moving Bodies seem Shorter? |
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63 | (1) |
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2.17 Velocity Addition Revisited |
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64 | (1) |
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2.18 Equation of Motion Revisited |
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64 | (2) |
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2.19 The EnergyMomentum Four Vector |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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2.21 The Transformation of the Electromagnetic Field |
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69 | (2) |
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2.22 The Thomas-Precession |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (3) |
3 General Relativity |
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75 | (14) |
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3.1 Gravitational and Inertial Mass |
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75 | (2) |
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3.2 The Equivalence Principle |
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77 | (1) |
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3.3 The Meaning of the Relation m* = m |
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78 | (1) |
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3.4 Locality of the Inertial Frames |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (1) |
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3.8 Perihelion Precession |
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84 | (1) |
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3.9 Gravitational Red Shift |
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85 | (4) |
4 Concluding Remarks |
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89 | (4) |
5 Selected Problems to Chapter 1 |
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93 | (8) |
Index |
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