Relativity and Geometry
β Scribed by Roberto Torretti
- Book ID
- 127429954
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Series
- Foundations and philosophy of science and technology series
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Library
- City
- Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
- ISBN-13
- 9780080267739
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β¦ Synopsis
High-level study discusses Newtonian principles and 19th-century views on electrodynamics and the aether, covers Einsteinβs electrodynamics of moving bodies, Minkowski geometry and other topics. A rich exposition of the elements of the Special and General Theory of Relativity.<br
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
This paper provides a geometrical discussion of affine (including isometric and homothetic), conformal and curvature symmetries in space-time. Emphasis is laid more on a systematic presentation of the material rather than the accumulation of exact solutions of Einstein's equations. A review of recen