Modern PhysicsPreface v 1. Some Deficiencies of Classical Physics 1 1. 1 Review of Classical Physics 3 1. 2 Deficiencies in Classical Concepts of Space and Time 11 1. 3 Deficiencies in the Classical Theory of Particle Statistics 13 1. 4 Theory, Experiment, Law 21 Questions 22 Problems 23 2. The Special Theory of Relativity 25 2. 1 Classical Relativity 26 2. 2 The MichelsonMorley Experiment 29 2. 3 Einsteins Postulates 31 2. 4 Consequences of Einsteins Postulates 32