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Introduction to Special Relativity
This note covers Reference frames, The postulates of special relativity, Consequences of the relativity postulates, Proper time and the invariant interval, Lorentz transformations I, Applications of the Lorentz transformation, The pole and barn paradox, Relativistic velocity addition formula, The twin paradox, Lorentz transformation II, The position 2 vector, 2 vectors, The velocity 2 vector, The energy momentum 2 vector, Binding energies and relativistic kinematics.
Author(s): Paul Renteln
81 Pages
General Relativity Lecture Notes by Ulrich Sperhake
The contents of this lecture notes are : Preliminaries, Differential geometry, Physical laws in curved spacetimes, The Schwarzschild solution and classic tests of GR, Cosmology, Singularities and geodesic incompleteness, Linearized theory and gravitational waves.
Author(s): Ulrich Sperhake
153 Pages
General Relativity by Chris Blake
This book discusses one of the crowning achievements of modern physics: the General Theory of Relativity (GR). Major topics covered includes: Special Relativity, Index Notation, Electromagnetism, Accelerated Motion, Equivalence Principle, Curved Space and Metrics, Geodesics, Tensors, Black Holes, Einstein Equation and Cosmology.
Author(s): Chris Blake
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Notes on Relativity and Cosmology
This book explains the following topics: Space, Time, and Newtonian Physics, Maxwell, E and M, and the Ether, Einstein and Inertial Frames, Minkowskian Geometry, Accelerating Reference Frames, Dynamics, Relativity and the Gravitational Field, General Relativity and Curved Spacetime, Black Hole, Cosmology.
Author(s): Donald Marolf
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Theory of Special Relativity by Nadia L. Zakamska
This note covers the following topics: Principle of Relativity, Lorentz transform, Simultaneous events, causally connected events, Addition of velocities, 4-vectors: velocity, energy-momentum, Energy-momentum of photon, Doppler effect, aberration, Relativistic dynamics, Electromagnetic fields in different frames.
Author(s): Nadia L. Zakamska
101 Pages
General Relativity and Cosmology
This book explains the following topics: Frames of Reference, Newtonian Relativity, Einsteinian Relativity, Geometry of Flat Spacetime, Electrodynamics in Special Relativity.
Author(s): James Cresser
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Einstein's theory of relativity
The reader is assumed to have but little mathematical knowledge. Topics covered includes: Geometry and Cosmology, The Fundamental Laws of Classical Mechanics, The Newtonian World-System, The Fundamental Laws of Optics, The Fundamental Laws of Electrodynamics and Einstein's Special Principle of Relativity.
Author(s): Max Born, Henry L. Brose
322 Pages
This a textbook on special relativity, aimed at undergraduates who have already completed a freshman survey course. The treatment of electromagnetism assumes previous exposure to Maxwell's equations in integral form, but no knowledge of vector calculus. Topics covered includes: Spacetime, Foundations, Kinematics, Dynamics, Inertia, Waves, Coordinates, Rotation, Flux and Electromagnetism.
Author(s): Benjamin Crowell
236 Pages
Lecture Notes on General Relativity by Columbia University
This book covers the following topics: Special Relativity, Lorentzian Geometry, Introduction to General Relativity, Null Structure Equations, Applications to Null Hypersurfaces, Christodoulou’s Memory Effect, Black Holes, Lagrangian Theories and the Variational Principle, Hyperbolic Equations and Wave Propagation on Black Holes.
Author(s): Columbia University
139 Pages
Dynamics and Relativity by David Tong
This book covers the following topics: Newtonian Mechanics, Forces, Interlude: Dimensional Analysis, Central Forces, Systems of Particles, Non-Inertial Frames and Special Relativity.
Author(s): David Tong
167 Pages
Special Relativity and Geometry [PS]
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A Short Course on General Relativity (PS)
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Notes on Special Relativity (PDF 78p)
This note covers the following topics: Frames of Reference and Newton’s Laws, The Speed of Light, Michelson-morley Experiment, Special Relativity, The Lorentz Transformations, Time Dilation, Adding Velocities: A Walk On The Train, Relativistic Dynamics, Mass and Energy, Energy and Momentum In Lorentz Transformations, Transforming Energy Into Mass and How Relativity Connects Electric and Magnetic Fields.
Author(s): Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
78 Pages
Lecture Notes on General Relativity [Notes PS]
This note covers the following topics: Special relativity, Basic concepts of general relativity, Spherically symmetric spacetimes, Differential geometry and Variational principles.
Author(s): Petr Hadrava
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Relativity The Special and General Theory
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Lecture notes for Special Relativity
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