Core Principles of Special and General Relativity - Rilegato

Luscombe, James

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1138542946 ISBN 13: 9781138542945

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2018

Riassunto

This book provides an accessible, yet thorough, introduction to special and general relativity, crafted and class-tested over many years of teaching. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this book provides clear descriptions of how to approach the mathematics and physics involved. It is also contains the latest exciting developments in the field, including dark energy, gravitational waves, and frame dragging.

The table of contents has been carefully developed in consultation with a large number of instructors teaching courses worldwide, to ensure its wide applicability to modules on relativity and gravitation.

Features:

• A clear, accessible writing style, presenting a sophisticated approach to the subject, that remains suitable for advanced undergraduate students and above
• Class-tested over many years
• To be accompanied by a partner volume on ‘Advanced Topics’ for students to further extend their learning

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Informazioni sull'autore

James H. Luscombe is Professor of Physics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1983. After post-doctoral positions at the University of Toronto and Iowa State University, he joined the Research Laboratory of Texas Instruments, where he worked on the development of nanoelectronic devices, before joining the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994. He was Chair of the Department of Physics between 2003 and 2009. He teaches a wide variety of topics, including general relativity, statistical mechanics, mathematical methods, and quantum computation. He has published more than 60 research articles, has given more than 100 conference presentations, holds 2 patents, and is the author of Thermodynamics - an introductory textbook published by CRC Press.

Dalla quarta di copertina

This book provides an accessible yet thorough, introduction to special and general relativity, crafted and class-tested over many years of teaching. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1138542946
• ISBN 13: 9781138542945
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania