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Author:   Moshe Carmeli (Ben-gurion Univ Of The Negev, Israel)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9789810230791

ISBN 10:   9810230796
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   29 September 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Cosmological special relativity: fundamentals of special relativity; present-day cosmology; postulates; cosmic frames; space velocity in cosmology; pre-special-relativty; relative cosmic time; inadequacy of classical transformation; universe expansion versus light; derivation of the transformation; interpretation of the transformation; another derivation; consequencs of the transformation. Extension of the Lorentz Group to cosmology: the line element; the transformations explicity; the most general transformation. Fundamentals of special relativity: postulates of special relativity; the Galilean transformation; the Lorentz transformation; consequences of the Lorentz transformation; four-dimensional structure of spacetime; the light cone; mass, energy and momentum.

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