Special Relativity and motions faster than light

Moses Fayngold

320 pages, parution le 07/10/2002

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Résumé

Since first being formulated by Albert Einstein, the theory of special relativity has fascinated scientists, science fiction writers, futurists, and crackpots. While the theory is best known for the idea of traveling faster than light, this book shows that in all these cases subtle forces of nature conspire to prevent these motions being harnessed to send signals faster than the speed of light.
Moses Fayngold is Special Lecturer at the Physcis Department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In this work, he brings together a self-consistent collection of topics in special relativity, providing readers with interesting material for further study and impulses for future ideas. Among other things, he includes recent experiments demonstrating superluminal propagation of light pulses.
The author tackles these topics both conceptually, with minimal or no mathematics, and quantitatively, making use of numerous illustrations to clarify the discussion. The result is a joy to read for both scientists familiar with the subject and laypeople wishing to understand something of special relativity.

Contents

Introduction
Light and relativity
Imaginary paradoxes
The velocities' play
Superluminal motions
Slow light and fast light
Tachyons and tachyon-like objects
The speed of light as a fundamental constant of Nature

L'auteur - Moses Fayngold

Moses Fayngold is Special Lecturer at the Physics Department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he is also involved in the research activities of the Multi-Disciplinary Optical Science and Engineering Program. He has been lecturing for some 20 years on special relativity, both to non-specialized audiences in public planetariums as well as to undergraduate and graduate students.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Moses Fayngold
Parution	07/10/2002
Nb. de pages	320
Format	17,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	745g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783527403448