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Informationen zum Autor John Stewart is an Australian-based evolutionary theorist and activist who is a member of the Evolution, Complexity, and Cognition Research Group of the Free University of Brussels. Previously, he worked as a labor union official, manager of Australia's north eastern fisheries, and as a senior policy advisor to the Australian Government on labor relations regulatory issues (including acting as the Government's advocate in major arbitration test cases). As an evolutionary theorist, his main focus has been on the trajectory of evolution. His work on the directionality of evolution and its implications for humanity has been published in numerous papers in peer-reviewed, international science journals. These include papers on the potential for humans to enhance their psychological capacities through the future evolution of consciousness. Klappentext This book is a self-contained introduction to key topics in advance general relativity. The opening chapter reviews the subject, with strong emphasis on the geometric structures underlying the theory. The second chapter discusses 2-component spinor theory, its usefulness for describing zero-mass fields and its practical application via Newman-Penrose formalism, together with examples and applications. Zusammenfassung This is a modern self-contained introduction to key topics in advanced general relativity. Exercises are included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Differential geometry; 2. Spinors; 3. Asymptopia; 4. The characteristic initial value problem; Appendices; References; Index.
