Relativity Reexamined

Preface

Introduction

References


1. Quantum Theory and Relativity

1. Quantum Theory

2. Relativity

References


2. Some Problems about Restricted Relativity

1. Relativity and Potential Energy

2. The Meaning of Potential Energy in Relativistic Theories

3. The Importance of Fields in Einstein's Theories

4. Two Interacting Spheres

5. Where Could the Mass of Potential Energy Be Localized?

6. Many Interacting Charges at Small Distance and Small Velocities

7. Unequal Particles; Role Played by the Geometry of the Boundary

8. Generalizations; Quantum Problems

9. Problems arising at the Junction of Classical and Relativistic Mechanics

References


3. Gravitation and Relativity Quantized Atomic Clocks

1. How Does Gravitation Propagate?

2. Gravitation and General Relativity

3. Atomic Clocks that Einstein Could Not Foresee

4. Atomic Clocks Are Not Einstein's Clocks

5. Accuracy and Reliability of Quantized Atomic Clocks

References


4. A Badly Needed Distinction between Mathematical Sets of Coordinates and Physical Frames of Reference

1. Introduction: The Opinions of Bohr and Poincaré

2. Classical Geometry, Kinetics, Classical Dynamics

3. Frames of Reference in Classical Mechanics

4. Actions and Reactions in Relativity

5. Sets of Mathematical Coordinates or Physical Frames

6. Fock's Assumption

7. Schwarzschild's Problem

8. Quantum Theory versus Relativity

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5. Special Relativity Doppler Effect

1. A Reappraisal of Fundamental Assumptions

2. Recoil Problem for Atoms

3. Doppler Effect

4. Discussion of the Actual Quantized Doppler Effect

5. A Correct Statement of the Principle of Relativity

6. How Does a Moving Clock Behave?

7. A New Approach to Special Relativity

8. The Lorentz Transformation

9. The Problem of Traveling Twins

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6. Relativity and Gravitation

1. The Mystery of Gravitation

2. An Ideal Atomic or Mössbauer Clock and the Gravity Red Shift

3. Interpretations of the Gravity Red Shift

4. The Possibility of a "Gravi-Spectral" Effect

References


7. A Gravistatic Problem with Spherical Symmetry

1. A New Approach to an Old Problem

2. Gravistatics Compared to Electrostatics


3. Some Essential Formulas from Electrostatics

4. Complete Gravistatic Field with Surrounding Mass-Density Distributions

5. Discussion

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8. Remarks and Suggestions

1. The Meaning of a Spectral Line

2. General Gravitation Theory and Experiments

3. Bridgman's Reappraisal of Relativity

4. Carstoiu's Suggestions for Gravity Waves

5. Wanted: A Graser!

References

Index