Relativitas khusus

Relativitas khusus atau teori relativitas khusus adalah teori fisika yang diterbitkan pada 1905 oleh Albert Einstein. Teori ini menggantikan pendapat Newton tentang ruang dan waktu dan memasukan elektromagnetisme sebagaimana tertulis oleh persamaan Maxwell. Teori ini disebut "khusus" karena dia berlaku terhadap prinsip relativitas pada kasus "tertentu" atau "khusus" dari rangka referensi inertial dalam ruangwaktu datar, di mana efek gravitasi dapat diabaikan. Sepuluh tahun kemudian, Einstein menerbitkan teori relativitas umum (relativitas umum) yang memasukan efek tersebut.

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Pranala luar

• The Hogg Notes on Special Relativity A good introduction to special relativity at the undergraduate level.
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• Nothing but Relativity There are many ways to derive the Lorentz transformation without invoking Einstein's constancy of light postulate. The path preferred in this paper restates a simple, established approach.
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• Relativity Calculator - Learn Special Relativity Mathematics The mathematics of special relativity presented in as simple and comprehensive manner possible within philosophical and historical contexts.

Referensi

Buku teks

• Einstein, Albert. "Relativity — The Special and the General Theory", Routledge Classics 1993 ISBN 0-415-25538-4
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Artikel jurnal

• On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, A. Einstein, Annalen der Physik, 17:891, June 30, 1905 (in English translation)
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• Alvager et al., "Test of the Second Postulate of Special Relativity in the GeV region," Physics Letters 12, 260 (1964).