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The Theory of Space, Time and Gravitation – Fock

In this post we will see the book The Theory of Space, Time and Gravitation by V. A. Fock. About the book The aim of this book is threefold. Firstly, we intended to give a text-book on Relativity Theory and … Continue reading

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Principles of Electrodynamics – A. N. Matveyev

In this post, we will look at the book Principles of Electrodynamics by A. N. Matveyev (Matveev). We have seen other books by Matveev in the past, Mechanics and Theory of Relativity, Optics, Molecular Physics, and Electricity and Magnetism. About … Continue reading

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A Simple Non-Euclidean Geometry And Its Physical Basis – Yaglom

In this post, we will see the book A simple non-Euclidean geometry and its physical basis: an elementary account of Galilean geometry and the Galilean principle of relativity by I. M. Yaglom. This book is remarkable in that it relies only on … Continue reading

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Fundamentals of Physics – Ivanov

In this post, we will see the book Fundamentals of Physics by B. N. Ivanov. About the book: The book being of­fered by the author differs from other existing books on the subject in its nontraditional approach to the course of phys­ics. … Continue reading

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Mechanics and Theory of Relativity – Matveev

In this post we will see a book by A. N. Matveev titled Mechanics and Theory of Relativity. About the book: This is the first volume (second Russian edition) of a course on general physics (the second, third and fourth … Continue reading

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Special Theory of Relativity – Ugarov

After the two books on General Relativity (GR) viz. STG and RTG, we come to a great textbook on Special Theory of Relativity (STR). This one is by V. A. Ugarov titled Special Theory of Relativity. This book is a … Continue reading

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