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Special and General Relativity Rainer Dick

Special and General Relativity By Rainer Dick

Special and General Relativity by Rainer Dick


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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.

Special and General Relativity Summary

Special and General Relativity: An Introduction to Spacetime and Gravitation by Rainer Dick

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.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Author biography
  • 1. Why relativity?
  • 2. A first look at notions from geometry
  • 3. The tangents of spacetime: special relativity
  • 4. Relativistic dynamics
  • 5. Differential geometry: the kinematics of curved spacetime
  • 6. Particles in curved spacetime
  • 7. The dynamics of spacetime: the Einstein equation
  • 8. Massive particles in the Schwarzchild spacetime
  • 9. Massless particles in the Schwarzchild spacetime

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    NLS9781643273778
    9781643273778
    1643273779
    Special and General Relativity: An Introduction to Spacetime and Gravitation by Rainer Dick
    New
    Paperback
    Morgan & Claypool Publishers
    2019-02-28
    150
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