Robert Close

The Wave Basis of Special Relativity (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains not only how Special Relativity (SR) works, but also WHY it works. SR does not require the postulates you will find in other books. Instead, the laws of SR can be deduced from the experimental observation that matter behaves like waves (see the animation "Underwater Relativity"). The Lorentz transformations apply to measurements made with waves even if those waves propagate in ordinary Galilean space-time. That is why Lorentz-invariant equations derived from classical models are consistent with SR. Examples include MacCullagh's equation for light waves and Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism. This book utilizes a simplified model of matter consisting of waves propagating in circles in order to explain how physical quantities transform due to relative motion. The straightforward logic and elegance of this approach is a pleasant alternative to the usual plug-and-chug presentation of relativity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verum Versa
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780983778127
• Artikelnr.: 42507046

Autorenporträt

Dr. Robert Close earned a BS in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in physics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently retired from teaching at Clark College and Washington State University. He has published many scientific articles in the fields of plasma physics, medical imaging, and fundamental physics. His recent research, found here and at www.classicalmatter.org, offers a new paradigm for understanding modern physics based on simple mechanistic processes rather than the usual potpourri of postulates and empirical findings. Notable discoveries include simple classical physics interpretations of spin angular momentum and the quantum mechanical Dirac equation.