Special relativity (in Russian)
Popular Physics
2015-06-02 v4
Abstract
A modern elementary introduction to special relativity for advanced school children or first-year university students, in Russian. I try to demonstrate that relativity does not contradict common sense; on the contrary, it follows from common sense logically. I discuss Minkowski space-time geometry in some detail. Geometrical approach, with few simple formulas but many pictures, makes results of the theory intuitively obvious.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1108.0842,
title = {Special relativity (in Russian)},
author = {Andrey Grozin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.0842},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
18 pages; v2: 20 pages, 2 problems added; v3: 2 figures added, small text improvements; v4: 2 new appendices, 25 pages