An Introduction to Special and General Relativity Ferraro, Rafael. creator editor. SpringerLink (Online service) text xxu 2007 monographic eng

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access XVII, 310 p. online resource. Einstein's Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity is a textbook addressed to students in physics and other people interested in Relativity and a history of physics. The book contains a complete account of Special Relativity that begins with the historical analysis of the reasons that led to a change in our manner of regarding the space and time. The first chapters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics. The chapter about covariant formulation includes among its topics the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, and prepares the language for General Relativity. The last two chapters are devoted to an introduction of General Relativity and Cosmology in a modern approach connected with the latest discoveries in these areas. Space and Time Before Einstein -- In Search of the Ether -- Space and Time in Special Relativity -- Geometric Structure of Space-Time -- Transformation of the Electromagnetic Field -- Energy and Momentum -- Covariant Formulation -- Inertia and Gravity -- Results of General Relativity. edited by Rafael Ferraro. PHYSICS ASTRONOMY ASTROPHYSICS RELATIVITY (PHYSICS) PHYSICS HISTORY PHYSICS RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY ASTROPHYSICS HISTORY OF PHYSICS 523.1 9780387699479 99780387699479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69947-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69947-9 100301 20260521091933.0 978-0-387-69947-9