Introduction to Relativity - For Physicists and Astronomers

Informationen zum Autor John Benjamin Kogut, PhD, is an American theoretical physicist, specializing in high energy physics. He has contributed to the quark-parton model, light-cone quantization, quark confinement, lattice gauge theory, Quantum Chromodynamics (the field theory of quarks and gluons) in extreme environments (high temperatures and densities), and supercomputer simulations as a tool for theoretical physics. For 27 years Dr. Kogut was on the physics faculty of the Loomis Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, retiring in 2005 as professor emeritus. Klappentext Introduction to Relativity is intended to teach physics and astronomy majors at the freshman, sophomore or upper-division levels how to think about special and general relativity in a fundamental, but accessible, way. Designed to render any reader a "master of relativity", everything on the subject is comprehensible and derivable from first principles. The book emphasizes problem solving, contains abundant problem sets, and is conveniently organized to meet the needs of both student and instructor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Physics According to Newton - A World with No Speed Limit Physics According to Einstein Visualizing Relativity - Minowski Diagrams Assorted Applications Illustrations and Problems in Space-Time Measurements Relativistic Dynamics A Gentle Introduction to General Relativity Illustrations, Problems, and Discussions in General Relativity

Product details

• Authors: John B. Kogut, Kogut John B.
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2001
• EAN: 9780124175617
• ISBN: 978-0-12-417561-7
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Complementary Science Series; Complementary Science; Complementary Science Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Relativitätstheorie, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Theoretical & mathematical astronomy, Theoretical and mathematical astronomy