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Rohrlich (physics emeritus, Syracuse U.) updates his famous 1965 text to include (and commemorate) the recent resolution of the derives equations of motion of Lorentz and Abraham, proposed at the beginning of the twentieth century. Clearly and elegantly, Rohrlich describes the philosophy and logic of physical theory and a plan for the presentation of the classical theory of charged particles, a short history of that theory, foundations of classical mechanics, (including the equivalence of static coordination systems and the relativity of velocity, the relativity of acceleration and the basic problem of classical dynamics), the Maxwell-Lorentz field, electromagnetic radiation, the charged particle, generalizations, the relations of the classical Lorentz invariant charged-particle theory to other levels of theory, the theory's structure and place in physics, physically correct dynamics, the space-time of special relativity, and the space-time of general relativity. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
