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Einstein's Space-Time

An Introduction to Special and General Relativity

Rafael Ferraro (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

310 Seiten

2007
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-69946-2 (ISBN)

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Between 1994 and 1999, I had the pleasure of lecturing Special and General Relativity in the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales of the Universidad de Buenos Aires. These lectures were targeted to undergraduate and graduate students of Physics. However, it is increasingly apparent that interest in Relativity extends beyond these academic circles. Because of this reason, this book intends to become useful to students of related disciplines and to other readers interested in Einstein’s work, who will be able to incorporate entirely the fundamental ideas of Relativity starting from the very basic concepts of Physics. To understand the Theory of Relativity it is necessary to give up our intuitive notions of space and time, i. e. , the notions used in our daily relation with the world. These classical notions of space and time are also the foundations of Newtonian mechanics, which dominated Physics for over two centuries until they clashed with Maxwell’s electromagnetism. Classical physics assumed that space is immutable and its geometry obeys the Euclidean postulates. Furthermore, distances and time intervals are believed invariant, i. e. , independent of the state of motion. Both preconceptions about the nature of space and time rely firmly on our daily experience, in such a way that the classical notions are imprinted in our thought with the status of “true.

Space and Time Before Einstein.- In Search of the Ether.- Space and Time in Special Relativity.- Geometric Structure of Space-Time.- Transformation of the Electromagnetic Field.- Energy and Momentum.- Covariant Formulation.- Inertia and Gravity.- Results of General Relativity.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.6.2007
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 310 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10	0-387-69946-5 / 0387699465
ISBN-13	978-0-387-69946-2 / 9780387699462
Zustand	Neuware