James J. Callahan

The Geometry of Spacetime (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction to Special and General Relativity

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475767360
• Artikelnr.: 44185307

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
- Relativity Before 1905
- Special Relativity - Kinematics
- Special Relativity - Kinetics
- Arbitrary Frames
- Surfaces and Curvatures
- Intrinsic Geometry
- General Relativity
- Consequences
- Bibliography
- Index

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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.