Relativity Reexamined
- 1st Edition - September 30, 1970
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Mohhamad Reza Kiani
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 3 7 7 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 1 0 8 - 4
Relativity Reexamined examines relativity from a new angle and with an unconventional perspective. Topics covered range from quantum theory and relativity to gravitation and… Read more
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Request a sales quoteRelativity Reexamined examines relativity from a new angle and with an unconventional perspective. Topics covered range from quantum theory and relativity to gravitation and relativity quantized atomic clocks, as well as special relativity Doppler effect and spherical symmetry. A distinction is also made between mathematical coordinates and physical frames of reference. This book is comprised of eight chapters and begins by considering the development of scientific theories in general, citing examples to show how scientists' viewpoints have progressively changed. Some of the problems that have emerged, and which even Albert Einstein was unable to foresee, are highlighted. The first chapter reviews the historical sequence of events that led to quantum theory and relativity, while the second chapter focuses on some problems about restricted relativity, paying particular attention to the meaning of potential energy and the importance of field theory in relativistic theories. The following chapters analyze a variety of experimental evidences that challenge many basic assumptions in theoretical physics, focusing on the fundamental importance of the Mössbauer effect and of atomic clocks; the link between gravitation and relativity; classical problems of theoretical mechanics; and special relativity Doppler effect. A gravistatic problem with spherical symmetry is also described. This monograph will be of interest to physicists and students of physics.
Preface
Introduction
References
1. Quantum Theory and Relativity
1. Quantum Theory
2. Relativity
References
2. Some Problems about Restricted Relativity
1. Relativity and Potential Energy
2. The Meaning of Potential Energy in Relativistic Theories
3. The Importance of Fields in Einstein's Theories
4. Two Interacting Spheres
5. Where Could the Mass of Potential Energy Be Localized?
6. Many Interacting Charges at Small Distance and Small Velocities
7. Unequal Particles; Role Played by the Geometry of the Boundary
8. Generalizations; Quantum Problems
9. Problems arising at the Junction of Classical and Relativistic Mechanics
References
3. Gravitation and Relativity Quantized Atomic Clocks
1. How Does Gravitation Propagate?
2. Gravitation and General Relativity
3. Atomic Clocks that Einstein Could Not Foresee
4. Atomic Clocks Are Not Einstein's Clocks
5. Accuracy and Reliability of Quantized Atomic Clocks
References
4. A Badly Needed Distinction between Mathematical Sets of Coordinates and Physical Frames of Reference
1. Introduction: The Opinions of Bohr and Poincaré
2. Classical Geometry, Kinetics, Classical Dynamics
3. Frames of Reference in Classical Mechanics
4. Actions and Reactions in Relativity
5. Sets of Mathematical Coordinates or Physical Frames
6. Fock's Assumption
7. Schwarzschild's Problem
8. Quantum Theory versus Relativity
References
5. Special Relativity Doppler Effect
1. A Reappraisal of Fundamental Assumptions
2. Recoil Problem for Atoms
3. Doppler Effect
4. Discussion of the Actual Quantized Doppler Effect
5. A Correct Statement of the Principle of Relativity
6. How Does a Moving Clock Behave?
7. A New Approach to Special Relativity
8. The Lorentz Transformation
9. The Problem of Traveling Twins
References
6. Relativity and Gravitation
1. The Mystery of Gravitation
2. An Ideal Atomic or Mössbauer Clock and the Gravity Red Shift
3. Interpretations of the Gravity Red Shift
4. The Possibility of a "Gravi-Spectral" Effect
References
7. A Gravistatic Problem with Spherical Symmetry
1. A New Approach to an Old Problem
2. Gravistatics Compared to Electrostatics
3. Some Essential Formulas from Electrostatics
4. Complete Gravistatic Field with Surrounding Mass-Density Distributions
5. Discussion
References
8. Remarks and Suggestions
1. The Meaning of a Spectral Line
2. General Gravitation Theory and Experiments
3. Bridgman's Reappraisal of Relativity
4. Carstoiu's Suggestions for Gravity Waves
5. Wanted: A Graser!
References
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 30, 1970
- No. of pages (eBook): 126
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124337787
- eBook ISBN: 9780323161084
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Mohhamad Reza Kiani
Mohammad Reza Kiani is a research associate at the University of Tehran. He started his research with writing a book chapter about aquatic water and water treatment. He is working on CO2 absorption in micro channels and specifications of microfluidic and nanofluidic systems. His research interests are modelling and experimental investigations about novel methods of CO2 capture. Besides, he has collaborated with other researchers in Shiraz University in writing new book chapters and books from Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, University of Tehran, IranRead Relativity Reexamined on ScienceDirect