DocumentCode
1390527
Title
Is relativity relevant for the electrical engineer?
Author
Blade, Jean
Author_Institution
Laboratorium Voor Elektromagnetisme en Acustica Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41 B-9000 Gent Belgium
Volume
31
Issue
2
fYear
1989
fDate
4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
12
Abstract
For most of us Relativity evokes intricate formal manipulations, pleasing to the professional mathematician, but awe-inspiring, and even repulsive, to the average EE. And yet, Physics of the greatest importance hides behind the forest of tensors and fourdimensional symbols which confronts the reader of relativistic texts. Einstein\´s fundamental 1905 paper, "Zur Elektrodynamik Bewegter Korper", already contains, in its title, the reason why the Physics of Relativity may indeed be relevant to the Electrical Engineer [l]. The present paper endeavors to develop this idea by discussing, in very broad terms and without much rigor, a number of problems whch may be solved correctly and concisely by applying relativistic methods.
Keywords
Dielectrics; Educational institutions; Equations; Laboratories; Meetings; Receivers; Slabs;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation Society Newsletter, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
2168-0329
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAP.1989.6095661
Filename
6095661
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