Relativity in Modern Physics

This comprehensive textbook on relativity integrates Newtonian physics special relativity and general relativity into a single book that emphasizes the deep underlying principles common to them all yet explains how they are applied in different ways in these three contexts. <p/>Newton's ideas about how to represent space and time his laws of dynamics and his theory of gravitation established the conceptual foundation from which modern physics developed. Book I in this volume offers undergraduates a modern view of Newtonian theory emphasizing those aspects needed for understanding quantum and relativistic contemporary physics. <p/>In 1905 Albert Einstein proposed a novel representation of space and time special relativity. Book II presents relativistic dynamics in inertial and accelerated frames as well as a detailed overview of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. This provides undergraduate and graduate students with the background necessary for studying particle and accelerator physics astrophysics and Einstein's theory of general relativity. <p/>In 1915 Einstein proposed a new theory of gravitation general relativity. Book III in this volume develops the geometrical framework in which Einstein's equations are formulated and presents several key applications: black holes gravitational radiation and cosmology which will prepare graduate students to carry out research in relativistic astrophysics gravitational wave astronomy and cosmology.<br>