Differential Geometry and Relativity Theory - An Introduction

Differentilil Geometry and Relativity Theory: An Introduction approaches relativity asa geometric theory of space and time in which gravity is a manifestation of space-timecurvature, rathe1 than a force

List of contents

PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, I SURFACES AND THE CONCEPT OF CURVATURE, II SPECIAL RELATIVITY (THE GEOMETRY OF FLAT SPACETIME), III GENERAL RELATIVITY (THE GEOMETRY OF CURVED SPACETIME), APPENDIX A: Vector Geometry and Analysis, APPENDIX B: Hyperbolic Functions, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

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Richard L. Faber

Summary

Differentilil Geometry and Relativity Theory: An Introduction approaches relativity asa geometric theory of space and time in which gravity is a manifestation of space-timecurvature, rathe1 than a force

Product details

• Authors: Richard L Faber, Faber Richard L.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.1983
• EAN: 9780824717490
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-1749-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Relativity physics