Relativity: An Introduction to Spacetime PhysicsCRC Press, 30.06.2017 - 296 Seiten Provides the essential principles and results of special relativity as required by undergraduates. The text uses a geometric interpretation of space-time so that a general theory is seen as a natural extension of the special theory. Although most results are derived from first principles, complex and distracting mathematics is avoided and all mathe |
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2 Problems With Space And Time | 34 |
3 SpaceTime | 130 |
4General Relativity and Cosmology | 184 |
5 Appendix | 265 |
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