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- 2012941966 abstract "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. 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.".
- 2012941966 contributor B12701771.
- 2012941966 created "2012.".
- 2012941966 date "2012".
- 2012941966 date "2012.".
- 2012941966 dateCopyrighted "2012.".
- 2012941966 description "An introduction to general relativity -- The principle of equivalence -- Warped spacetime -- Physics from the metric.".
- 2012941966 description "Appendices. Some basic arguments -- Constants and length scales -- Derivatives and index notation -- The field of an arbitrarily moving charge.".
- 2012941966 description "Further special relativity -- Tensors and index notation -- Rediscovering electromagnetism -- Lagrangian mechanics -- Angular momentum -- Energy density -- What is spacetime?".
- 2012941966 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]) and index".
- 2012941966 description "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.".
- 2012941966 description "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.".
- 2012941966 description "The relativistic world -- Basic ideas -- The Lorentz transformation -- Moving light sources -- Dynamics -- The conservation of energy-momentum -- Further kinematics -- Relativity and electromagnetism -- Electromagnetic radiation.".
- 2012941966 extent "xv, 419 p. :".
- 2012941966 identifier "0199662851 (hbk.)".
- 2012941966 identifier "019966286X (pbk.)".
- 2012941966 identifier "9780199662852 (hbk.)".
- 2012941966 identifier "9780199662869 (pbk.)".
- 2012941966 issued "2012".
- 2012941966 issued "2012.".
- 2012941966 language "eng".
- 2012941966 publisher "Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press,".
- 2012941966 subject "530.11 23".
- 2012941966 subject "QC173.65 .S73 2012".
- 2012941966 subject "Relativity (Physics)".
- 2012941966 subject "Special relativity (Physics)".
- 2012941966 tableOfContents "An introduction to general relativity -- The principle of equivalence -- Warped spacetime -- Physics from the metric.".
- 2012941966 tableOfContents "Appendices. Some basic arguments -- Constants and length scales -- Derivatives and index notation -- The field of an arbitrarily moving charge.".
- 2012941966 tableOfContents "Further special relativity -- Tensors and index notation -- Rediscovering electromagnetism -- Lagrangian mechanics -- Angular momentum -- Energy density -- What is spacetime?".
- 2012941966 tableOfContents "The relativistic world -- Basic ideas -- The Lorentz transformation -- Moving light sources -- Dynamics -- The conservation of energy-momentum -- Further kinematics -- Relativity and electromagnetism -- Electromagnetic radiation.".
- 2012941966 title "Relativity made relatively easy / Andrew M. Steane.".
- 2012941966 type "text".