The Geometry of Spacetime : an Introduction to Special and General Relativity /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Callahan, James J.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 2000.
Series:	Undergraduate texts in mathematics.
Subjects:	Physics. Global differential geometry. Quantum theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Relativity Before 1905
Special Relativity
Kinematics
Special Relativity
Kinetics
Arbitrary Frames
Surfaces and Curvatures
Intrinsic Geometry
General Relativity
Consequences
Bibliography
Index.