The Theory of Relativity - Galileo's Child

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dc.creatorFeigenbaum, Mitchell J.
dc.date2008-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:43:14Z
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dc.descriptionWe determine the Lorentz transformations and the kinematic content and dynamical framework of special relativity as purely an extension of Galileo's thoughts. No reference to light is ever required: The theories of relativity are logically independent of any properties of light. The thoughts of Galileo are fully realized in a system of Lorentz transformations with a parameter 1/c^2, some undetermined, universal constant of nature; and are realizable in no other. Isotropy of space plays a deep and pivotal role in all of this, since here three-dimensional space appears at first blush, and persists until the conclusion: Relativity can never correctly be fully developed in just one spatial dimension.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1234
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1234
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/162479
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophy of Physics
dc.titleThe Theory of Relativity - Galileo's Child
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