Relativity 3ed: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity - Couverture souple

Stephani, Hans

 
9780521010696: Relativity 3ed: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity
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ISBN 10 : 0521010691 ISBN 13 : 9780521010696
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and updated, this textbook provides a pedagogical introduction to relativity. It is self-contained, but the reader is expected to have a basic knowledge of theoretical mechanics and electrodynamics. It covers the most important features of both special and general relativity, as well as touching on more difficult topics, such as the field of charged pole-dipole particles, the Petrov classification, groups of motions, gravitational lenses, exact solutions and the structure of infinity. The necessary mathematical tools (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry) are provided, most of the derivations are given in full, and exercises are included where appropriate. Written as a textbook for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, it will also be of use to researchers working in the field. The bibliography gives the original papers and directs the reader to useful monographs and review papers.

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Revue de presse

'All in all this is an impressive range of topics to cover in an introductory survey which starts more or less from scratch ... The mathematical treatment is rigorous but perfectly accessible to physics and applied mathematics students in their third or fourth years. ... It can be recommended, not only to students of relativity but to astrophysicists, cosmologists and particle physicists. It would also be of great use to physicists from other fields, at all levels, not attending a formal course, but rather interested in getting to grips with the subject by private study.' Contemporary Physics

'... the book is well written and contains a fair selection of topics for a beginning student of general relativity ... Besides being a textbook, because of its standard notation and clear style it can also be used as a reference ... Hans Stephani has produced a fine textbook of general relativity in the classical tradition.' General Relativity and Gravitation

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thoroughly revised and updated, this textbook provides a pedagogical introduction to relativity. It is self-contained, but the reader is expected to have a basic knowledge of theoretical mechanics and electrodynamics. It covers the most important features of both special and general relativity, as well as touching on more difficult topics, such as the field of charged pole-dipole particles, the Petrov classification, groups of motions, gravitational lenses, exact solutions and the structure of infinity. The necessary mathematical tools (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry) are provided, most of the derivations are given in full, and exercises are included where appropriate. Written as a textbook for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, it will also be of use to researchers working in the field. The bibliography gives the original papers and directs the reader to useful monographs and review papers.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521010691
ISBN 13 
9780521010696
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
420
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Personne responsable
Avery
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ISBN 10 :  0521811856 ISBN 13 :  9780521811859
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2004
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