TY - BOOK AU - Soni,Vidwan Singh TI - Mechanics and relativity SN - 9788120342965 (pbk) U1 - 539.11 PY - 2011///c CY - New Delhi PB - PHI Learning Private Limited KW - Relativistic mechanics N1 - Index included; Preface; Preface to the First Edition; 1. VECTORS AND VECTOR CALCULUS; 2. CO-ORDINATE SYSTEMS; 3. RELATIONSHIPS OF CONSERVATION LAWS AND SYMMETRIES OF SPACE AND TIME; 4. FRAMES OF REFERENCE; 5. INVERSE SQUARE LAW OF FORCES; 6. COLLISIONS OF PARTICLES; 7. DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES; 8. UNIVERSAL FRAME OF REFERENCE AND MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT; 9. SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY; Multiple Choice Questions; Index N2 - "This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles and concepts of Classical, Newtonian, and Relativistic Mechanics. It seeks to explain the basic concepts of these areas of physics in a concise manner. The book is primarily meant to serve the requirements of the first year undergraduate (B. Sc.) students of physics ... In this edition, the treatment of several concepts covered in the ER -