{"product_id":"einstein-and-the-special-theory-of-relativity-second-edition","title":"Einstein and the Special Theory of Relativity [second edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Special Theory of Relativity is considered as one of the two major revolutions of the twentieth century, the second one being the 'quantum theory'. Roger Penrose wrote: Albert Einstein had such extraordinary deep perceptions of the workings of Nature that he land foundation stones for both of these twentieth century revolutions in the single year of 1905. Since Einstein is considered as one of the supreme intellects of all time, Chapter I gives bis brief life sketch. The following chapters, explain (in an easy-to-understand manner) the hasic physics and the fascinating consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReview of the first edition of the book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Many may have the notion that relativity is difficult to understand, but not in Professor Ghatak's hand. The Special Theory of Relativity by Professor Ajoy Ghatak has been a delightful book in paperback. Here relativity is fun, fascinating and enjoyable to students, teachers and anyone interested to know what special theory of relativity is. In this book, the author presents the special theory of relativity (STR) to young physicists in a lucid and exciting manner. He touches on history, relativistic kinematics, relativistic dynamics and relativistic electrodynamics briefly and in a novel approach. The book is presented with lots of examples, illustrations and problems at the end of each chapter... The author presents time dilation in a simple fashion where the constancy of the velocity of light in different frames is presented in a subtle fashion... In the following chapter the author treats the mass-energy relationship in a simple way using Doppler shifts of two emitted photons from a moving source. This approach avoids the cumbersome relativistic collision dynamics and shows how the mass of a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emoving body changes with its velocity. -Professor B.K. Chatterjee and\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Of Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45973534507265,"sku":"32U11MZ9D-Used","price":199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/1_4be7d59a-95a0-43ba-94ce-1c43b27a7f51.jpg?v=1737525761","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/einstein-and-the-special-theory-of-relativity-second-edition","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}