The Special Theory of Relativity [Paperback]

In these inspiring lectures David Bohm explores Albert Einsteins celebrated Theory of Relativitythat transformed forever the way we think about time and space. Yet for Bohm the implications of the theory were far more revolutionary both in scope and impact even than this. Stepping back from dense theoretical and scientific detail in this eye-opening work, Bohm describes how the notion of relativity strikes at the heart of our very conception of the universe, regardless of whether we are physicists or philosophers.

1. Introduction  2. Pre-Einsteinian Notions of Relativity  3. The Problem of the Relativity of the Laws of Electrodynamics  4. The Michelson-Morley Experiment  5. Efforts to Save the Ether Hypothesis  6. The Lorentz Theory of the Electron  7. Further Development of the Lorentz Theory  8. The Problem of Measuring Simultaneity in the Lorentz Theory  9. The Lorentz Transformation  10. The Inherent Ambiguity in the Meanings of Space-Time Measurements, According to the Lorentz Theory  11. Analysis of Space and Time Concepts in Terms of Frames of Reference  12.  Common Sense Concepts of Space and Time  13. Introduction to Einstein's Conceptions of Space and Time  14. The Lorentz Transformation in Einstein's Point of View  15. Addition of Velocities  16. The Principle of Relativity  17. Some Applications of Relativity  18. Momentum and Mass in Relativity  19. The Equivalence of Mass and Energy  20. The Relativistic Transformation Law for Energy and Momentum  21. Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field  22. Experimental Evidence for Special Relativity&nbsl$