Advanced Special Relativity

This is a modern advanced exposition of special relativity in terms of geometry, presenting the foundations of the theory as well as deeper motivations for expressing it in the form of a physically interpreted system of theorems in Minkowski spacetime geometry. The author discusses empirical data and conceptual ideas, leading to Minkowski geometry in the physical spacetime, then provides a detailed exposition of specific properties of Lorentz group, such as the Zeeman’s theorem and the relationship of the group to SL(2,C) group and to SO(3,C) group.