Author : Bertel Laurent
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 1995-01-16
Category :
ISBN : 9814579149
The theory of relativity is tackled directly in this book, dispensing with the need to establish the insufficiency of Newtonian mechanics. This book takes advantage from the start of the geometrical nature of the relativity theory. The reader is assumed to be familiar with vector calculus in ordinary three-dimensional Euclidean space.
Author : Bernard Schutz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521887054
Second edition of a widely-used textbook providing the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with minimal mathematical background.
Author : James J. Callahan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475767366
Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity as essentially a new geometric structure for spacetime. This book looks at the ideas of both Einstein and Minkowski, and then introduces the theory of frames, surfaces and intrinsic geometry, developing the main implications of Einstein's general relativity theory.
Author : Bernard F. Schutz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,4 MB
Release : 1985-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521277037
This textbook develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth.
Author : Rafael Ferraro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,37 MB
Release : 2007-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387699473
This excellent textbook offers a unique take on relativity theory, setting it in its historical context. Ideal for those interested in relativity and the history of physics, the book contains a complete account of special relativity that begins with the historical analysis of the reasons that led to a change in our view of space and time. Its aim is to foster a deep understanding of relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics.
Author : Sean M. Carroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 28,10 MB
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108488390
An accessible introductory textbook on general relativity, covering the theory's foundations, mathematical formalism and major applications.
Author : James H. Smith
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 27,98 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486808963
By the year 1900, most of physics seemed to be encompassed in the two great theories of Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. Unfortunately, there were inconsistencies between the two theories that seemed irreconcilable. Although many physicists struggled with the problem, it took the genius of Einstein to see that the inconsistencies were concerned not merely with mechanics and electromagnetism, but with our most elementary ideas of space and time. In the special theory of relativity, Einstein resolved these difficulties and profoundly altered our conception of the physical universe. Readers looking for a concise, well-written explanation of one of the most important theories in modern physics need search no further than this lucid undergraduate-level text. Replete with examples that make it especially suitable for self-study, the book assumes only a knowledge of algebra. Topics include classical relativity and the relativity postulate, time dilation, the twin paradox, momentum and energy, particles of zero mass, electric and magnetic fields and forces, and more.
Author : James B. Hartle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 39,32 MB
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1316517543
Best-selling, accessible physics-first introduction to GR uses minimal new mathematics and begins with the essential physical applications.
Author : Robert B. Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 23,43 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : 1107037913
This comprehensive student manual has been designed to accompany the leading textbook by Bernard Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity, and uses detailed solutions, cross-referenced to several introductory and more advanced textbooks, to enable self-learners, undergraduates and postgraduates to master general relativity through problem solving. The perfect accompaniment to Schutz's textbook, this manual guides the reader step-by-step through over 200 exercises, with clear easy-to-follow derivations. It provides detailed solutions to almost half of Schutz's exercises, and includes 125 brand new supplementary problems that address the subtle points of each chapter. It includes a comprehensive index and collects useful mathematical results, such as transformation matrices and Christoffel symbols for commonly studied spacetimes, in an appendix. Supported by an online table categorising exercises, a Maple worksheet and an instructors' manual, this text provides an invaluable resource for all students and instructors using Schutz's textbook.
Author : Robert M. Wald
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226870375
"Wald's book is clearly the first textbook on general relativity with a totally modern point of view; and it succeeds very well where others are only partially successful. The book includes full discussions of many problems of current interest which are not treated in any extant book, and all these matters are considered with perception and understanding."—S. Chandrasekhar "A tour de force: lucid, straightforward, mathematically rigorous, exacting in the analysis of the theory in its physical aspect."—L. P. Hughston, Times Higher Education Supplement "Truly excellent. . . . A sophisticated text of manageable size that will probably be read by every student of relativity, astrophysics, and field theory for years to come."—James W. York, Physics Today
