Traveler's Guide to Spacetime An Introduction to the Special Theory of Relativity

Summary: This innovative, inexpensive book offers a concise yet thorough introduction to topics in special relativity--developing concepts clearly and presenting them in an accessible manner. The author provides excellent applications and illustrations to clarify concepts, and the strong math detail provides readers with the foundation they need to develop a solid understanding. Readers will find such chapter coverage as: The... Principle of Relativity; Proper time; Lorentz Contraction; Conservation of 4-Momentum; Applications to Particles Physics; and much more. [read more]