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Volume 1 introduces and systematically develops the calculus in a first detailed exposition of this technique which provides shortcuts for some very tedious calculations.
Relativistic cosmology has in recent years become one of the most
exciting and active branches of current research. In conference
after conference the view is expressed that cosmology today is
where particle physics was forty years ago, with major discoveries
just waiting to happen. Also gravitational wave detectors,
presently under construction or in the testing phase, promise to
open up an entirely novel field of physics.
It is to take into account such recent developments, as well as to
improve the basic text, that this second edition has been
undertaken. The most affected is the last part on cosmology, but
there are smaller additions, corrections, and additional exercises
throughout.
The books basic purpose is to make relativity come alive
conceptually. Hence the emphasis on the foundations and the logical
subtleties rather than on the mathematics or the detailed
experiments per se. Aided by some 300 exercises, the book promotes
a deep understanding and the confidence to tackle any fundamental
relativistic problem.
Relativistic cosmology has in recent years become one of the most
exciting and active branches of current research. In conference
after conference the view is expressed that cosmology today is
where particle physics was forty years ago, with major discoveries
just waiting to happen. Also gravitational wave detectors,
presently under construction or in the testing phase, promise to
open up an entirely novel field of physics. It is to take into
account such recent developments, as well as to improve the basic
text, that this second edition has been undertaken. The most
affected is the last part on cosmology, but there are smaller
additions, corrections, and additional exercises throughout. The
books basic purpose is to make relativity come alive conceptually.
Hence the emphasis on the foundations and the logical subtleties
rather than on the mathematics or the detailed experiments per se.
Aided by some 300 exercises, the book promotes a deep understanding
and the confidence to tackle any fundamental relativistic problem.
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Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry introduces the theory of twistors, and studies in detail how the theory of twistors and 2-spinors can be applied to the study of space-time. Twistors have, in recent years, attracted increasing attention as a mathematical tool and as a means of gaining new insights into the structure of physical laws. This volume also includes a comprehensive treatment of the conformal approach to space-time infinity with results on general-relativistic mass and angular momentum, a detailed spinorial classification of the full space-time curvature tensor, and an account of the geometry of null geodesics.
This book is a considerable amplification and modernisation of the authors' earlier Essential Relativity. It aims to bring the challenge and excitement of modern relativity and cosmology at rigorous mathematical level within reach of advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates, while containing enough new material to interest the experienced lecturer.
This text is more conceptually and mathematically than experimentally orientated, elaborating on the underlying logic and dwelling on the subtleties and apparent paradoxes. In this updated edition additional examples and problems have been included.
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