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Special relativity isn’t just about complicated equations—it’s the secret sauce behind the tech you love. Ever wondered how your phone’s GPS pins you down to a few meters or how particle beams in research labs slam into each other at near-light speeds? That’s relativity at work. In this Indian edition of Resnick’s classic, Prof. Amitabha Mukherjee (Retd. HOD, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi) and I have spiced up Einstein’s ideas with examples you’ll actually see around campus and back home: think of time dilation on super-fast bullet trains or the tiny timing tweaks engineers make when beaming data across the Himalayas. We’ve kept Resnick’s crystal-clear explanations but added “Aha!” moments that make the theory click from day one.

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Whether you’re cramming for your physics finals, gearing up for the competitive exams like IIT-JEE , IIT-JAM, GATE, JEST, CUET, or just geeking out over what makes the universe tick, this book is your go-to guide. Dive into “Applications” problems to see relativity power real-world tech projects, tackle graded exercises that build your confidence one step at a time, and flip to the appendices when you need a quick math refresher. Professors and TAs will love the ready-made teaching notes and classroom examples, too; so you can spark those “light-bulb” discussions in tutorials. Even if you’ve been away from physics for a while, our blend of local context and concise theory will have you rediscovering and celebrating one of science’s most mind-bending adventures.