The Principle of Relativity

ISBN: 9780521156868 出版年：2011 页码：242 Cunningham Cambridge University Press

Part I. The Principle of Relativity in Relation to General Physical Theory: 1. The relativity of Newtonian dynamics 2. The development of the concept of the aether 3. The electron theory 4. Correlation of stationary and moving systems 5. Einstein on the relativity of space and time 6. The kinematics of Einstein 7. The electron theory of matter Part II. Minkowski's Four-Dimension World: 8. Minowski's four-dimension calculus 9. The field equations of the electron theory in Minkowski's form 10. Minkowski's electrodynamics of moving bodies Part III. The Transition to Mechanical Theory: 11. The dynamics of the electron 12. Relativity and dynamical theory 13. The dynamics of a particle 14. The dynamics of continuous material media 15. Relativity and objective aether 16. Relativity and probability 17. Concluding remarks Index.