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What do you think about : Modern physics (Serway, Moses, Moyer) 3rd edition as a textbook of MODERN PHYSICS "not only relativity" .. what level is it ? and does it cover most of the topics of modern physics ? thnx

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Hello This is a part of a simple paper about special relativity [PLAIN]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8789/91001769.jpg I don't understand the assumption in the red box .. why are they all squared ? thank you

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yes I do know that .. but that is what they thought about when they were doing the experiment .. it seems to be a simple idea but i can't get it .. They thought that if they would measure the speed of light (with the Earth motion) and (against the Earth motion) and (perpendicular to the Earth...

Regarding Michelson Morley Experiment The speed of light (relative to the ether) is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides of length (speed of light on Earth) and (Earth's velocity relative to Ether) Can anyone clarify that point ?

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Why did Michelson assume that ether is moving ? I mean why didn't he assume that Ether doesn't move and that is why speed of light doesn't change ? .. If Earth is moving in a direction, speed of light is "c".. if it is moving in the other direction, speed of light is "c" too .. because the...

Thank you guys for your replies .. This is the original paper of Special relativity.. http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/ I want the original paper of General relativity ? Does it exist in a similar form like the first paper ? All I can find is...

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what about that ? http://rafimoor.com/english/SRE.htm#Background

Thanks for the mind-opening points :) so the key is mathematics .. should I focus on specific topics ? aha .. I agree that the originals are not always the best teaching material and thank you for the book recommendation .. I don't want that either.. these lectures seem pretty well...

thank you for your reply .. well, seems that getting the original papers is not a good idea, okay, I will skip that for now ... well, the problem is I study medicine and that is why i haven't been into Math so much but i took some calculus basics in school and I'm willing to expand my...

I really want to start going through relativity .. but I'm a little lost .. what is the easiest way to start ? .. I'd prefer to start it as Einstein did (with little mathematics) .. There are some lectures on the internet from universities .. is that a good start ?? or you recommend something...