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Dewey Class	530.1
Title	The Geometry of Spacetime ([EBook] :) : An Introduction to Special and General Relativity / / by James J. Callahan.
Author	Callahan, James J.
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	New York, NY : : Springer New York : : Imprint: Springer, , 2000.
Physical Details	XVI, 463 p. : online resource.
Series	Undergraduate texts in mathematics 0172-6056
ISBN	9781475767360
Summary Note	In 1905, Albert Einstein offered a revolutionary theory - special relativity - to explain some of the most troubling problems in current physics concerning electromagnetism and motion. Soon afterwards, Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity essentially as a new geometric structure for spacetime. These ideas are the subject of the first part of the book. The second part develops the main implications of Einstein's general relativity as a theory of gravity rooted in the differential geometry of surfaces. The author explores the way an individual observer views the world and how a pair of observers collaborates to gain objective knowledge of the world. He has tried to encompass both the general and special theory by using the geometry of spacetime as the unifying theme of the book. To read it, one needs only a first course in linear algebra and multivariable calculus and familiarity with the physical applications of calculus.:
Contents note	1 Relativity Before 1905 -- 2 Special Relativity-Kinematics -- 3 Special Relativity-Kinetics -- 4 Arbitrary Frames -- 5 Surfaces and Curvature -- 6 Intrinsic Geometry -- 7 General Relativity -- 8 Consequences.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6736-0
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory . Differential Geometry . Gravitation . Physics . Quantum computers . Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics . Quantum Physics . Spintronics . Authors: Callahan, James J. . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Undergraduate texts in mathematics . Classification: 530.1 .

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