Special and general relativity : an introduction to spacetime and gravitation

• Tác giả: Rainer Dick
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1643273778
• ISBN-13: 978-1643273785
• ISBN-13: 978-1643273792
• ISBN-13: 978-1643273808
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 530.11 Relativity theory
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, 2019
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (various pagings) : , illustrations (chiefly color).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 161132
• Chủ đề: 1. General relativity (Physics); 2. Gravitation; 3. Space and time; 4. Special relativity (Physics); 5. Astrophysics; 6. SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics

Includes bibliographical references.

Tóm tắt

This book provides a concise introduction to both the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity. The format is chosen to provide the basis for a single semester course which can take the students all the way from the foundations of special relativity to the core results of general relativity: the Einstein equation and the equations of motion for particles and light in curved spacetime. To facilitate access to the topics of special and general relativity for science and engineering students without prior training in relativity or geometry, the relevant geometric notions are also introduced and developed from the ground up. Students in physics, mathematics or engineering with an interest to learn Einstein's theories of relativity should be able to use this book already in the second semester of their third year. The book could also be used as the basis of a graduate level introduction to relativity for students who did not learn relativity as part of their undergraduate training.