Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity 5030002677

Table of contents :
Front Cover
Title Page
Preface
Contents
1. Introduction
Sec. 1. PROBLEMS AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN PHYSICS
Sec. 2. PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND THEIR MEASUREMENT
Sec. 3. ON THE DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS AND QUANTITIES IN PHYSICS
Sec. 4. SYSTEMS OF UNITS OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
2. Kinematics of a Pointand a Rigid Body
Sec. 5. COORDINATE SYSTEMS
Sec. 6. VECTORS
Sec. 7. TIME
Sec. 8. DISPLACEMENT, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION OF A POINT
Sec 9. KINEMATICS OF A RIGID BODY
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
3. Coordinate Transformations
Sec. 10. RELATIVITY PRINCIPLE
Sec. 11. GALILEAN TRANSFORMATIONS
Sec. 12. CONSTANCY OF THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT
Sec. 13. LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
4. Corollaries of Lorentz Transformations
Sec. 14. RELATIVITY OF SIMULTANEITY
Sec. 15. LENGTH OF A MOVING BODY
Sec. 16. PACE OF MOVING CLOCKS. INTRINSIC TIME
Sec. 17. COMPOSITION OF VELOCITIESAND TRANSFORMATION OF ACCELERATIONS
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
5. Dynamics of a Point Mass
Sec. 18. FORCES
Sec. 19. NEWTON'S LAWS
Sec. 20. RELATIVISTIC EQUATION OF MOTION
Sec. 21. MOTION OF A SYSTEM OF POINT MASSES
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
6. Conservation Laws I
Sec. 22. SIGNIFICANCE AND ESSENCEOF CONSERV ATION LAWS
Sec. 23. MOMENTUM CONSERVATION LAW
Sec. 24. ANGULAR MOMENTUM CONSERVATION LAW
Sec. 25. ENERGY CONSERVATION LAW
Sec. 26. CONSERVATION LAWSAND THE SYMMETRY OF SPACE AND TIME
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
7. Noninertial Reference Frames
Sec. 27. INERTIAL FORCES
Sec. 28. NONINERTIAL REFERENCE FRAMES OF TRANSLATIONAL MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
Sec. 29. ZERO GRAVITY. THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE
Sec. 30. NONINERTIAL ROTATING REFERENCE FRAMES
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
8. Dynamics of a Rigid Body
Sec. 31. EQUATIONS OF MOTION
Sec. 32. MOMENTS OF INERTIA
Sec. 33. KINETIC ENERGY OF A ROTATING RIGID BODY
Sec. 34. PLANE MOTION. PENDULUMS
Sec. 35. MOTION OF A RIGID BODY FIXED AT A POINT. GYROSCOPES
Sec. 36. MOTION UNDER FRICTION
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
9. Dynamics of Bodies of Variable Mass
Sec. 37. NONRELATIVISTIC ROCKETS
Sec. 38. RELATIVISTIC ROCKETS
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
10. Collisions
Sec. 39. DESCRIPTION OF COLLISION PROCESSES
Sec. 40. ELASTIC COLLISIONS
Sec. 41. INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Sec. 42. REACTIONS OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
11. Motion in a Gravitational Field
Sec. 43. GRAVITATIONAL FORCES
Sec. 44. MOTION OF PLANETS AND COMETS
Sec. 45. MOTION OF THE EARTH'S ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
Sec. 46. THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
12. Motion in an Electromagnetic Field
Sec. 47. PROPERTIES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES
Sec. 48. MOTION IN STATIONARY ELECTRICAND MAGNETIC FIELDS
Sec. 49. MOTION IN VARIABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
13. Oscillations
Sec. 50. HARMONIC OSCILLATIONS
Sec. 51. NATURAL OSCILLATIONS
Sec. 52. DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Sec. 53. FORCED OSCILLATIONS. RESONANCE
Sec. 54. SELF-EXCITED OSCILLATIONS AND PARAMETRIC OSCILLATIONS
Sec. 55. OSCILLATIONS OF COUPLED SYSTEMS
PROBLEMS
ANSWERS
Appendix 1 Sl Units Used in the Book
Appendix 2 Physical Constants Encountered in the Book
Conclusion
Subject Index
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