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Relativity Made Relatively Easy - Volume 1 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,549
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Relativity Made Relatively Easy - Volume 1 (Paperback): Andrew M. Steane

Relativity Made Relatively Easy - Volume 1 (Paperback)

Andrew M. Steane

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Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of Special Relativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to General Relativity for undergraduate students of physics. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all the Relativity needed for a university course, with explanations as simple, thorough, and engaging as possible. The aim is to make manageable what would otherwise be regarded as hard; to make derivations as simple as possible and physical ideas as transparent as possible. Lorentz invariants and four-vectors are introduced early on, but tensor notation is postponed until needed. In addition to the more basic ideas such as Doppler effect and collisions, the text introduces more advanced material such as radiation from accelerating charges, Lagrangian methods, the stress-energy tensor, and introductory General Relativity, including Gaussian curvature, the Schwarzschild solution, gravitational lensing, and black holes. A second volume will extend the treatment of General Relativity somewhat more thoroughly, and also introduce Cosmology, spinors, and some field theory.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2012
First published: December 2012
Authors: Andrew M. Steane
Dimensions: 245 x 190 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-966286-9
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Particle & high-energy physics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
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LSN: 0-19-966286-X
Barcode: 9780199662869

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