Special Relativity: A First Encounter

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Special Relativity provides the foundations of our understanding of space and time. Without it, elementary particle physics would be unthinkable, and modern navigational systems could not function. This book aims at giving a modern, compact and elementary introduction to Special Relativity. It is gentle yet serious introduction, in that it tries to convey a true understanding rather than just report the basic facts. Only very elementary mathematical skills are needed to master in (basic high-school mathematics), and it may well be called semi-popular. The book starts with a rather broad historical introduction and motivation of the basic notions. The central chapters are dedicated to special relativity mainly following Einstein's historical route. Later chapters turn to various applications in all parts of physics and even everyday life. The current status of the experimental foundations of Special Relativity is accurately reported and the experiments are explained.