Basic Relativity: An Introductory Essay
β PΓ©ter HraskΓ³ (auth.)
π Library
π
2011
π Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
π English
<p>This Brief presents a new way of introducing relativity theory, in which perplexing relativistic effects such as time dilation and Lorentz contraction are explained prior to the discussion of Lorentz-transformation. The notion of relativistic mass is shown to contradict the spirit of relativity t