Special Relativity

lecture notes by David W. Hogg

Version 0.2, 1 December 1997 (copyright David W. Hogg)

Chapters 1 through 7 are available in PDF [800 kb].

Chapters 2 through 6 are available in PostScript [1700 kb].

Contents

• Chapter 1: Principles of relativity
• Chapter 2: Time dilation and length contraction
• Chapter 3: The geometry of spacetime
• Chapter 4: The Lorentz Transformation
• Chapter 5: Causality and the interval
• Chapter 6: Relativistic mechanics
• Chapter 7: Optics and apparent effects: special relativity applied to astronomy
• Chapter 8: Electricity and magnetism
• Chapter 9: Generalization to general relativity

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