This mathematicallyoriented introduction takes the point of view that studentsshould become familiar at an early stage with the physics of relativisticcontinua ... » 

This mathematicallyoriented introduction takes the point of view that studentsshould become familiar at an early stage with the physics of relativisticcontinua and thermodynamics within the framework of special relativity.Therefore in addition to standard textbook topics such as relativistickinematics and vacuum electrodynamics the reader will be thoroughly introducedto relativistic continuum and fluid mechanics. Emphasis in the presentation ison the 31 splitting technique widely used in general relativity forintroducing the relative observers point of view. «