Essential Relativity Special, General, and Cosmological
This book is an attempt to bring the full range of relativity theory within reach of advanced undergraduates, while containing enough new material and simplifications of old arguments so as not to bore the expert teacher. Roughly equal coverage is given tospecial relativity, general relativity, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1969, 1969
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1969 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Content
- 1 The Rise and Fall of Absolute Space
- 2 Einsteinian Kinematics
- 3 Einsteinian Optics
- 4 Spacetime and Four-Vectors
- 5 Relativistic Particle Mechanics
- 6 Relativity and Electrodynamics
- 7 Basic Ideas of General Relativity
- 8 Formal Development of General Relativity
- 9 Cosmology
- Exercises