……任何狭义相对论教科书（如果你还不懂狭义相对论的话，其实读懂绝大部分内容只需要初等代数，读完后会觉得挺直观的）。我推荐 Taylor 的《Spacetime Physics》，里面有很多有趣的插图和例子。不管怎么说，你可以把狭义相对论理解为全关乎信息：如果我看着一个移动的物体，光传到我这里需要时间，而到那时……
…any special relativity textbook (if you don't know Special Relativity, it really only requires basic algebra to understand most of it and is pretty intuitive once you've read it). I recommend Taylor's "Spacetime Physics" which has lots of fun pictures and examples. Anyway, you can think of special relativity is being all about information: if I look at something moving, it takes time for the light to reach me and by…
…sure. Jackson does cover the E&M case pretty well (EDIT: in chapters 11 and 14, note especially sections 10.11 and 14.1), but I'd combine it with the treatment in Taylor & Wheeler's highly readable _Spacetime Physics_. For E&M, the standard way to develop this is to explain magnetism as Lorentz-transformed static electrical attraction/repulsion. Take two wires, and run current through them. Transforming to a frame…
No, sorry, I can't explain the theory of relativity in one paragraph. It takes a book. Spacetime Physics, by Taylor and Wheeler, explains it very well with only high school level maths.
……自己的本科课程）：基础部分：1. A.P. French 的《Newtonian Mechanics》（https://archive.org/details/NewtonianMechanics/mode/2up）。这能为你接下来的学习打下坚实的基础。2. Taylor & Wheeler 的《Spacetime Physics》——如果能找到的话一定要看第一版！比第二版好太多太多了！狭义相对论在概念上很新奇古怪，但在数学上相当简单，所以你可以直接一头扎进……
…own undergrad curriculum): Foundations: 1. Newtonian Mechanics by A.P. French (https://archive.org/details/NewtonianMechanics/mode/2up). This will give you a good foundation for what is to come. 2. Spacetime Physics by Taylor & Wheeler --- first edition if you can find it! It is much, much better than the second! Special relativity is conceptually strange, but mathematically pretty easy, so you can jump right into…
……被淘汰掉。Sean Carroll 有一套免费的在线讲义 [1]，是个不错的开端（虽然更偏重广义相对论 GR 而非狭义相对论 SR，但开头有讲 SR 的入门部分）。Taylor & Wheeler 的《Spacetime Physics》[2] 也是一本极好的入门教材。这里的核心物理要点在于，类时物体（具有正静止质量、沿着类时世界线运动的物体）和类光物体（物体……
…weeded out. Sean Carroll has a set of free online lecture notes [1] that make a good start (they're more focused on GR than SR but they have an introductory section that covers SR). Taylor & Wheeler's Spacetime Physics [2] is a good introductory textbook as well. The fundamental physical point here is that timelike objects (objects with positive rest mass that follow timelike worldlines) and lightlike objects (objects…
关于狭义相对论，我最喜欢的书是 Taylor 和 Wheeler 写的《Spacetime Physics》。它直观、表述清晰、排版极佳，正文旁边配有爱德华·塔夫特（Edward Tufte）风格的边栏旁白，让你不会迷失在公式堆里。有些部分……
My favourite book on special relativity is Spacetime Physics by Taylor and Wheeler. It's intuitive, clearly written and well laid out, with an Edward Tufte style column of text running along the main body that stops you getting lost in the equations. Some parts…
……任何狭义相对论教科书（如果你还不懂狭义相对论的话，其实读懂绝大部分内容只需要初等代数，读完后会觉得挺直观的）。我推荐 Taylor 的《Spacetime Physics》，里面有很多有趣的插图和例子。不管怎么说，你可以把狭义相对论理解为全关乎信息：如果我看着一个移动的物体，光传到我这里需要时间，而到那时……
…any special relativity textbook (if you don't know Special Relativity, it really only requires basic algebra to understand most of it and is pretty intuitive once you've read it). I recommend Taylor's "Spacetime Physics" which has lots of fun pictures and examples. Anyway, you can think of special relativity is being all about information: if I look at something moving, it takes time for the light to reach me and by…
……当然。Jackson 的书确实把电磁学（E&M）的情况讲得挺透彻（编辑补充：在第 11 和 14 章，特别注意 10.11 和 14.1 节），不过我会建议结合 Taylor & Wheeler 那本通俗易懂的《Spacetime Physics》一起看。对于电磁学，推导的标准方法是把磁现象解释为经过洛伦兹变换（Lorentz-transformed）的静电引力/斥力。拿两根导线通上电流，变换到一个参考系……
…sure. Jackson does cover the E&M case pretty well (EDIT: in chapters 11 and 14, note especially sections 10.11 and 14.1), but I'd combine it with the treatment in Taylor & Wheeler's highly readable _Spacetime Physics_. For E&M, the standard way to develop this is to explain magnetism as Lorentz-transformed static electrical attraction/repulsion. Take two wires, and run current through them. Transforming to a frame…
不行，抱歉，我没法用一段话把相对论讲清楚。这需要一整本书。Taylor 和 Wheeler 写的《Spacetime Physics》就讲得非常好，而且只需要高中数学水平。
No, sorry, I can't explain the theory of relativity in one paragraph. It takes a book. Spacetime Physics, by Taylor and Wheeler, explains it very well with only high school level maths.
……自己的本科课程）：基础部分：1. A.P. French 的《Newtonian Mechanics》（https://archive.org/details/NewtonianMechanics/mode/2up）。这能为你接下来的学习打下坚实的基础。2. Taylor & Wheeler 的《Spacetime Physics》——如果能找到的话一定要看第一版！比第二版好太多太多了！狭义相对论在概念上很新奇古怪，但在数学上相当简单，所以你可以直接一头扎进……
…own undergrad curriculum): Foundations: 1. Newtonian Mechanics by A.P. French (https://archive.org/details/NewtonianMechanics/mode/2up). This will give you a good foundation for what is to come. 2. Spacetime Physics by Taylor & Wheeler --- first edition if you can find it! It is much, much better than the second! Special relativity is conceptually strange, but mathematically pretty easy, so you can jump right into…
……被淘汰掉。Sean Carroll 有一套免费的在线讲义 [1]，是个不错的开端（虽然更偏重广义相对论 GR 而非狭义相对论 SR，但开头有讲 SR 的入门部分）。Taylor & Wheeler 的《Spacetime Physics》[2] 也是一本极好的入门教材。这里的核心物理要点在于，类时物体（具有正静止质量、沿着类时世界线运动的物体）和类光物体（物体……
…weeded out. Sean Carroll has a set of free online lecture notes [1] that make a good start (they're more focused on GR than SR but they have an introductory section that covers SR). Taylor & Wheeler's Spacetime Physics [2] is a good introductory textbook as well. The fundamental physical point here is that timelike objects (objects with positive rest mass that follow timelike worldlines) and lightlike objects (objects…
关于狭义相对论，我最喜欢的书是 Taylor 和 Wheeler 写的《Spacetime Physics》。它直观、表述清晰、排版极佳，正文旁边配有爱德华·塔夫特（Edward Tufte）风格的边栏旁白，让你不会迷失在公式堆里。有些部分……
My favourite book on special relativity is Spacetime Physics by Taylor and Wheeler. It's intuitive, clearly written and well laid out, with an Edward Tufte style column of text running along the main body that stops you getting lost in the equations. Some parts…