product iamge

Illustrated Special Relativity Through Its Paradoxes: A Fusion of Linear Algebra, Graphics, and Reality

This document was uploaded by one of our users. The uploader already confirmed that they had the permission to publish it. If you are author/publisher or own the copyright of this documents, please report to us by using this DMCA report form.

Download
Search on Amazon

Simply click on the Download Book button.

Yes, Book downloads on Ebookily are 100% Free.

Sometimes the book is free on Amazon As well, so go ahead and hit "Search on Amazon"

This accessible work, with its plethora of full-color illustrations by the author, shows that linear algebra --- actually, 2x2 matrices --- provide a natural language for special relativity. The book includes an overview of linear algebra with all basic definitions and necessary theorems.

Author(s): John dePillis and José Wudka
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Year: 2014

Language: English
Pages: C, xvi, 464

Cover
S Title
Copyright
c 2013 by the Mathematical Association of America, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2013956313
Electronic edition ISBN: 978-1-61444-517-3
Illustrated Special Relativity Through Its Paradoxes: A Fusion of Linear Algebra,Graphics, and Reality
Council on Publications and Communications

Contents
Dedication

I. A First Pass
II. Galilean Transformations of Frames
III. The Speed of Light is ConstantCh
IV. Lorentz Transformations of Frames
V. Graphic Resolutionof the Paradoxes
VI. Energy and MassCh
VII. The Mathematics of Waves and Light
VIII. Maxwell’s Equations
IX. Final Thoughts
X. Appendices
XI. Supplemental Material Online

Bibliography
Index