Part One: Limitations of Classical Mechanics. Inertial Frames of Reference and Galilean Transformations. Limit of light speed. Experimental verification. The Michelson - Morley experiment.
Part Two: Einstein's Special theory of Relativity, Lorentz Transformations. Length contraction, time dilation. The twin paradox. Minkowski spacetime. Light cone. Relativistic Kinematics: Transformation of speeds and accelerations. Relativistic Doppler effect. Relativistic Mechanics: Force in Special Relativity. Conservation laws of momentum and energy. Mass-energy equivalence and the exact meaning of the relation Ε = mc². Collisions, particle creation and decay.
Part Three: Relativistic Electrodynamics: Maxwell's Equations. Electromagnetic waves. Relativistic covariance of electromagnetism.