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

Callahan, James J. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1441931422 ISBN 13 : 9781441931429

Editeur : Springer, 2011

Synopsis

Preliminary Text. DO NOT USE. In 1905, Albert Einstein offered a revolutionary theory--special relativity--to explain some of the most troubling problems about electromagnetism and motion in the physics of the day. Soon afterwards, Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity essentially as a new geometric structure for spacetime. These ideas are the subject of the first part of the book. The second part introduces the theory of frames, surfaces, and intrinsic geometry in order to develop the main implications of Einstein's general relativity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1441931422
• ISBN 13: 9781441931429
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
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