عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QC173.65 .S738 2012
QC173
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65
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S738
2012
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0199662851 (hbk.)
(Number (ISBN
019966286X (pbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9780199662852 (hbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9780199662869 (pbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Relativity made relatively easy /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Andrew M. Steane.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 419 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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An introduction to general relativity -- The principle of equivalence -- Warped spacetime -- Physics from the metric.
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Appendices. Some basic arguments -- Constants and length scales -- Derivatives and index notation -- The field of an arbitrarily moving charge.
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Further special relativity -- Tensors and index notation -- Rediscovering electromagnetism -- Lagrangian mechanics -- Angular momentum -- Energy density -- What is spacetime?
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The relativistic world -- Basic ideas -- The Lorentz transformation -- Moving light sources -- Dynamics -- The conservation of energy-momentum -- Further kinematics -- Relativity and electromagnetism -- Electromagnetic radiation.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of Special Relativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to General Relativity for undergraduate students of physics. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all the Relativity needed for a university course, with explanations as simple, thorough, and engaging as possible.
Text of Note
The aim is to make manageable what would otherwise be regarded as hard; to make derivations as simple as possible and physical ideas as transparent as possible. Lorentz invariants and four-vectors are introduced early on, but tensor notation is postponed until needed. In addition to the more basic ideas such as Doppler effect and collisions, the text introduces more advanced material such as radiation from accelerating charges, Lagrangian methods, the stress-energy tensor, and introductory General Relativity, including Gaussian curvature, the Schwarzschild solution, gravitational lensing, and black holes. A second volume will extend the treatment of General Relativity somewhat more thoroughly, and also introduce Cosmology, spinors, and some field theory.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Relativity (Physics)
Special relativity (Physics)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
530
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11
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QC173
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65
Book number
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S738
2012
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Steane, Andrew M.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20130304035318.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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