http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/ 2020-01-26T13:05:36-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2014-12-04T10:45:38-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/bookinfo?rev=1417718738 The Geometry of Special Relativity This short book treats the geometry of hyperbolas as the key to understanding special relativity. This approach can be summarized succinctly as the replacement of the ubiquitous $\gamma$ symbol of most standard treatments with the appropriate hyperbolic trigonometric functions. In most cases, this not only simplifies the appearance of the formulas, but emphasizes their geometric content in such a way as to make them almost obvious. Furthermore, many impor… text/html 2014-12-04T10:44:02-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/reviews?rev=1417718642 The Geometry of Special Relativity Editorial Reviews “This short but remarkable book on special relativity develops the theory strictly from the geometry of hyperbolas, an approach unique within the textbook literature. … it gives an elementary, lively introduction to the theory. … The approximately 70 diagrams are not merely illustrations of the material given in the text of this well-thought-out representation but in most cases tools for the geometrical derivation of the results.” … text/html 2012-07-01T15:32:11-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/start?rev=1341181931 The Geometry of Special Relativity This wiki contains a prepublication version of the book The Geometry of Special Relativity by Tevian Dray, an A K Peters book to be published by CRC Press in 2012. These materials have been developed as part of the Paradigms in Physics project, where related active-engagement classroom materials are available (see below). A PDF copy of the prepublication version of the book is available here. text/html 2019-06-23T11:06:42-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/coursewikis/GSR/updates?rev=1561313202 Updates * Further discussion of the antenna problem ((ss)7.3) can be found here. * A discussion of three-dimensional spacetime diagrams can be found here. * A discussion of using a geometric approach to teach both special and general relativity can be found here.