The Geometry of Spacetime: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity

Callahan, James J.

ISBN 10: 1441931422 / ISBN 13: 9781441931429

Editore: Springer Verlag, 2011

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Titolo: The Geometry of Spacetime: An Introduction ...

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto:

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.

Contenuti:

1 Relativity Before 1905.- 2 Special Relativity-Kinematics.- 3 Special Relativity-Kinetics.- 4 Arbitrary Frames.- 5 Surfaces and Curvature.- 6 Intrinsic Geometry.- 7 General Relativity.- 8 Consequences.