The book presents the theory of relativity as a unified whole.
Bohm presents the theory of relativity as a unified whole, making clear the reasons which led to its adoption and explaining its basic meaning. He also reveals the limited truth of some of the assumptions which stop us appreciating it.
In these inspiring lectures David Bohm explores Albert Einstein‘s celebrated Theory of Relativity that transformed forever the way we think about time and space.
This text is designed to give students a solid foundation in experimental background of the theory, relativistic kinematics, relativistic dynamics, and relativistic electrodynamics.
Discovery of the electron by Thomson (Joseph John Thomson, 1856– 1940). Publications of Poincaré (Jules Henri Poincaré, 1854–1912) on relativity. Discovery of radioactivity by Becquerel (Antoine Henri Becquerel, 1852–1908).
This book concentrates on presenting the theory of special relativity as the geometry of space-time.