Einstein's Space-Time An Introduction to Special and General Relativity /
Ferraro, Rafael.
Einstein's Space-Time An Introduction to Special and General Relativity / [recurso electrónico] : edited by Rafael Ferraro. - XVII, 310 p. online resource.
Space and Time Before Einstein -- In Search of the Ether -- Space and Time in Special Relativity -- Geometric Structure of Space-Time -- Transformation of the Electromagnetic Field -- Energy and Momentum -- Covariant Formulation -- Inertia and Gravity -- Results of General Relativity.
Einstein's Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity is a textbook addressed to students in physics and other people interested in Relativity and a 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 manner of regarding the space and time. The first chapters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics. The chapter about covariant formulation includes among its topics the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, and prepares the language for General Relativity. The last two chapters are devoted to an introduction of General Relativity and Cosmology in a modern approach connected with the latest discoveries in these areas.
9780387699479 99780387699479
10.1007/978-0-387-69947-9 doi
PHYSICS.
ASTRONOMY.
ASTROPHYSICS.
RELATIVITY (PHYSICS).
PHYSICS--HISTORY.
PHYSICS.
RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY.
ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY.
ASTROPHYSICS.
HISTORY OF PHYSICS.
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Einstein's Space-Time An Introduction to Special and General Relativity / [recurso electrónico] : edited by Rafael Ferraro. - XVII, 310 p. online resource.
Space and Time Before Einstein -- In Search of the Ether -- Space and Time in Special Relativity -- Geometric Structure of Space-Time -- Transformation of the Electromagnetic Field -- Energy and Momentum -- Covariant Formulation -- Inertia and Gravity -- Results of General Relativity.
Einstein's Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity is a textbook addressed to students in physics and other people interested in Relativity and a 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 manner of regarding the space and time. The first chapters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics. The chapter about covariant formulation includes among its topics the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, and prepares the language for General Relativity. The last two chapters are devoted to an introduction of General Relativity and Cosmology in a modern approach connected with the latest discoveries in these areas.
9780387699479 99780387699479
10.1007/978-0-387-69947-9 doi
PHYSICS.
ASTRONOMY.
ASTROPHYSICS.
RELATIVITY (PHYSICS).
PHYSICS--HISTORY.
PHYSICS.
RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY.
ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY.
ASTROPHYSICS.
HISTORY OF PHYSICS.
523.1