Open-Source Book on Special Relativity - Free Download

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The discussion centers around an open-source book on special relativity authored by @bcrowell, available for free download at http://www.lightandmatter.com/sr/. The book is a comprehensive resource that covers various topics in special relativity and is currently in progress. The LaTeX source code is accessible under a license similar to Wikipedia, promoting collaboration and feedback from the community. Users have praised the book for its technical competence and quality illustrations.

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I've written an open-source book on special relativity: http://www.lightandmatter.com/sr/ . It's a work in progress, but at this point it's fairly complete in its coverage of topics, and I would welcome feedback. "Open-source" means that the LaTeX source code is available, and it's under the same license as Wikipedia.
 
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@bcrowell: Let me be the first to thank you for your hard work and generosity in making this book available to all of us. On occasions when I have referred to it, I have always found it technically competent and nicely illustrated. Nice work! :thumbs:
 
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@bcrowell: Let me be the first to thank you for your hard work and generosity in making this book available to all of us. On occasions when I have referred to it, I have always found it technically competent and nicely illustrated. Nice work! :thumbs:

Thanks! :-) But maybe you're thinking of the GR book...? The SR book is new.
 

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